Posts from June 2000

“From now on, I will not try to reason with the idiots I encounter. I will dismiss them by waving my paw and saying, ‘Bah.'” Dogbert

Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let’s say you’re an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he’s not Dracula, but you can just say, “Think again, bat man.”
from Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!! — Blasphemy! Poppycock! Inconceivable!

Born to Run

<singing>Someday, girl, I don’t know when / We’re gonna get to that place / We really wanna go / We’ll walk in the sun / But til then tramps like us / Baby we were born to run</singing> : Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Bart-writing-on-the-chalkboard

My favorite “Bart-writing-on-the-chalkboard”: I will not get very far with this attitude.

Foo Fighters

<singing> You know you make me BREAKOUT / BREAKOUOUOUOUOUT / KNOW YOU MAKE ME BREAK-OW-OW-OW-OUT! </singing> Foo Fighters

Model United Nations

It was long ago and far away

“If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.”
Lyall Watson, from the July 2000 issue of Discover

Hungry Heart

<singing> Everybody’s got a hungry heart / lay down your money and you play your part / everybody’s got a hungry heart </singing> : Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

ecstasy in Time magazine

In which I compare participating in an IRC to being on drugs

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