Tuesday, January 10, 2012

TV Quote of the Day (Paul Lynde, on Hell’s Angels)

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Host Peter Marshall : “Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?” Paul Lynde : “Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.” — Hollywood Sq...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Photo of the Day: A Statue to Sing About

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Three decades ago, having endured four years of commuting to a New York institute of higher learning, I thought of myself as, at least to so...

Quote of the Day (Laura Kightlinger, on Old Boyfriends)

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“Getting back together with an old boyfriend is pathetic. It’s like having a garage sale and buying your own stuff back.”—Comic Laura Kig...
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Photo of the Day: Park, Lake and City II

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This is yet another view of the man-made lake in Central Park , complementing the image I posted last week .

Quote of the Day (Fyodor Dostoyevsky, on Christ and a ‘Higher Ideal’)

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“Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither th...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Quote of the Day (John Steele Gordon, With a Bad Guess on the National Debt)

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“For the first time in more than 70 years, the United States is dealing with the politics of surplus. Between 1930 and 1997, the government ...
Friday, January 6, 2012

Quote of the Day (Bernard Shaw, As ‘St. Joan‘ Turns on Her Accusers)

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“You think that life is nothing but not being stone dead. It is not the bread and water I fear: I can live on bread: when have I asked for m...