A short video of a Peace Corps volunteer who worked in Lesotho. Really interesting. Thanks, ktrendon!
Urgent message for every department store and coffee shop in America:
Joni Mitchell’s “River” is NOT A HAPPY CHRISTMAS CAROL. It does not bring me holiday cheer that compels me to merrily buy your products. Have you ever even listened to that song? It’s an achingly sad song about lost love that fills me with melancholy and regret every time you play it.
Well, okay I guess that makes it the perfect holiday song, actually. Nevermind, carry on!
Waters on reading
You should never read just for “enjoyment.” Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends’ insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick “hard books.” Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god’s sake, don’t let me ever hear you say, “I can’t read fiction. I only have time for the truth.” Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of “literature”? That means fiction, too, stupid.
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We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them. Don’t sleep with people who don’t read!
— John Waters
Civility. Where has it gone?
Guy runs a stop; I honked briefly as I had the right of way and I wasn’t about to stop. He followed me into my parking garage. Fifty-ish, well-dressed, red-faced, furious, despite the fact that he was completely in the wrong. He proceeded to yell obscenities at me and call me names while I stared at him incredulously. My guess is he’ll have a heart attack and die soon so I call this a win for me.
::M & H Type::
Its my opinion that the cocktail onion is an overlooked vegetable.
A pity, that.
::onpaperwings::
