October 2010
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“There is, I suppose, a world of objects which have a certain form, like this...”
– Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing
September 2010
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“It is somehow fitting that those who believe in radical conservatism, believe in...”
– Frankie Houlihan
August 2010
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Obama: The Moslem
Heaven forbid. It needed front page coverage. Eighteen percent of Americans think Obama is a Moslem. If we could get the percentage of Americans who think the earth is flat or that Disney productions was fully responsible for the moon walk down to eighteen percent this country might be able to get on with some of what needs doing, but hey, good luck with that as they say.
July 2010
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“It’s not that there is anything wrong with wealth, it’s that there...”
– Frankie Houlihan
May 2010
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“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got...”
– Groucho Marx
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I've Got the Freedom to Fail
When I was a young son-of-a-gun To win you had to be willing to lose You could get knocked about, or even knocked out While in the service of paying your dues Here’s what I said, as I went through life Battered by golfball sized hail When Lady Liberty came knocking at my door I told her, “I’ve got the freedom to fail”
I told the Government, “Stay out of my life And...
April 2010
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It is as if the hour of the amateurs has arrived.
- Norman Mailer
March 2010
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“A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”
– Groucho Marx (via mudwerks)
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Mister Bill Morrissey is Back
Last Friday I decided to give my weiry mind a less than deserved break, by heading up the Maine Turnpike, to hear an old friend I haven’t seen that much of in many years.
I was first introduced to Mister Morrissey by a cornet playing parochial school janitor, by the name of Frankie Houlihan, back in my home town, when Frankie dragged my willing butt over to Al’s Tavern, before it...