September 2011
14 posts
“If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is writing about he may omit things...”
– Ernest Hemingway
“I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if...”
– Phillip K. Dick
NON-EVIL WORDS FROM EVIL PEOPLE, PT. 1
The complete emancipation of women from the ties which held them back in the past, during the ages of despotism and ignorance, is a basic aim of the Party and the Revolution. Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated…
— Saddam Hussein (1981)
Facebook for friends that have basically become...
“One special effect happens, and the another special effect happens, and we are...”
– Roger Ebert, on Transformers 3
“The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a “mouse”. There is no...”
– John C. Dvorak, tech journalist (1984)
“Apparently, the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be...”
– Tom Waits
