Dilemma, horns of

When life hands you a dilemma, make a dilemma-nade.

Overheard at work

"Well, at least we got to talk this over mano a mano."

Checklist for a rainy day

Check the news.
Play the blues.
Pour the ooze
Outta yo shoes, Jack.

Work richer, not smarter

Americans may admire people who are richer than they are, but they sure as hell resent people who are smarter than they are.

Just Asking

How many beers does it take to paint a house?

Sitcom idea

I'm working on the pilot of a sitcom about a single father in Indianapolis.

It's called Hoosier Daddy.

A personal remark

He was filled with the sour milk of human kindness.

Excerpt:

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy that looks after the sheep?
Up in the hayloft with Little Bo Peep.

-- from Slightly Salacious Mother Goose

NIU shooting

I think one of the things that makes me saddest is that this was not unthinkable. The smooth way the university responded is a result of their having prepared for and practiced for just such an event.

Generalities

"All generalities are stupid."

--Michael B. Kaye
4.august.1978