Optimism or pessimism?

Some people say the glass is half-full, some say it's half-empty.

A cynic says, You call that a glass?

An engineer says the glass is twice as big is it needs to be.

New musical style

I'm developing a new musical style:
Death Calypso.

Minimalist blog

Someone said this is a minimalist blog.

Yeah.

Ce que vous croyez

It's always easier to believe a simple lie than a complicated truth.

Administration, First Law Of

If you pay someone enough money, he will think what he is doing is important, all empirical evidence aside.

Scorched-earth Christmas

I think the Iraqis are having a scorched-earth Christmas.

Of course, they're not the first. Nor will they be the last.

Happy Thanksgiving

To all of my zero-and-counting readers, Happy Thanksgiving.

It's the true American Holiday.

Bush on voting

"I don't believe it's over until everybody votes."
--President Bush
1.november.2006

By "everybody" I take it he means "the Supreme Court".

Learning grammar

"I was gonna give it to you back, but I didn't. Next time i will gonna give it to you back."

-- my daughter, age 3

Excerpt:

Jack Sprat could eat no fat
He wife could eat no lean
And so between the two of them
They licked the splattered spleen.

-- From Grand Guignol Nursery Rhymes

Chicago: a definition

"Chicago is not the third-largest city in America, Chicago is the largest Midwestern city in the world."

-- John Probes

A-Ha tribute band

I'm thinking of starting an A-Ha tribute band called Uh-Huh.

Excerpt:

My name is Rubble
I want no trouble,
So bring me my dinner
And make it a double.

-- From The Ballad Of Barney Rubble

"Daddy, can I wake up?"

-- my daughter

Definition

"Negative space": a hole dug by someone who went to art school.

Later, when I asked her what she was making (in a pot from a toy tea set), she said, "Soup."

What kind of soup? She looked at the ceiling, pondered, and said "Chocolate chip soup."

-- my daughter

Bumper sticker

Honk If You Hate Honking

Flango itself

If you think you're going to find out anything about Flango here, you may have a long wait ahead.

"The Aerialist" by Richard Schmitt

Currently reading -- and being bowled over by -- "The Aerialist" by Richard Schmitt. Although it's not likely to be tagged as The Great American Novel, i keep encountering pages and pages of transcendent writing, stuff that completely floats me away from my exurban living room and balances me on top of a flexible wire, five-eighths of an inch thick, or elbows me into the middle of a smoky pie car on a circus train.

Definitely worth a read.

Rockefeller stoat bucket

I just like the sound of it.

Overheard on the playground

Kid A: You wanna play cops and robbers?
Kid B: Ok. You pretend you're at the doughnut station, getting doughnuts.

--10.oct.05

Dyslexic rapper:

Dr. Red

Garrison Keillor: a thought

The singing of Garrison Keillor can perhaps best be described as well-intentioned.

Names for rock bands

Bloodsmith
Meat Patrol