"Twas The Night Before Christmas

Someone pretending to be Werner Herzog reads 'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Coffee Is For Closers

I've met God across his long walnut desk
with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind
him, and God asks me, "Why?" Why did I
cause so much pain? Didn't I realize that
each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake
of special unique specialness? Can't I see
how we're all manifestations of love?
I look at God behind his desk, taking notes
on a pad, but God's got this all wrong.
We are not special. We are not crap or
trash, either. We just are. We just are,
and what happens just happens.
And God says, "No, that's not right."
Yeah. Well. Whatever.
You can't teach God anything.”
--Chuck Palahniuk

Wanking Bankers

I have been assured by a very knowing nutritionist of my acquaintance in Berkeley that a plump well-basted financial sector mogul is a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled.
--with apologies to Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

Windswept Ducklings

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
--Buddhist proverb

Free Julian Assange

The only thing

new in the world

is the history

you don't know.

--Harry Truman