May 2009
33 posts
“For the audition, Zappa told them to come to his house “at...”
– Alice Cooper
“… and later, despite his notorious reputation, found favour at the court...”
– Thomas Blood
“Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London”
– Wikipedia
“RunPee is quite possibly the GREATEST MOVIE WEB SITE EVER. It tells you the best...”
– Kottke on RunPee
“Franco was monorchid”
– Spain’s Franco ‘had one testicle’
“Lamson Mail Server Pipes and aliases are so 1970.”
– Lamson The Python SMTP Server
“Early life She was the youngest of three children, born at Guy’s Hospital...”
– Siouxsie Sioux
“I believe technology investing today is largely a sub-prime asset class”
– Idiot CEOs
Inland Empire Air Quality →
“Even further out on the fringes is the usual clutch of Bollywood movie stars,...”
– Ah, India
Shirtless Biden Washes Trans Am In White House... →
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
– Jorge Luis Borges
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens →
“How do you invade an ally?”
– NY Times
(The Times coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is absolutely outstanding — CJ Chivers and Tyler Hicks in an on-going series from the Korengal Valley, Carlotta Gall from Islamabad, and David Sanger from DC. This is the sort of journalism that you have to pay for, in contrast to,...
“British Indonesia is an island nation, also known as Hoaxe, in the southern...”
– British Indonesia
“It sounds to me like sbostedor is a victim of discrimination by Alistair. Who...”
– VMC discussion page on Wikipedia
“It is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais.”
– Samuel Johnson, referring to the impact of Sheridan’s works upon the English language.
“I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll make an exception.”
– Groucho Marx 