Colloquy:
“Lou Dobbs said last night (2/12/09) the recession is over but the politicians won’t tell us.”
Mark Lovett: “He’s right. The recession has ended. The depression has begun.”
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Dr. C. Alan Bittner of Beverly Hills has been censored by a California board for using liposucked fat from his patients as a source for biofuel that he called lipodiesel. He said, “I thought it was a great thing to demonstrate to the world how many ways there are to solve the energy crisis.” (This is not from Onion but the 2/17/09 Wall Street Journal.)
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She wore shorts that exposed an interesting tattoo on her calf. There was a guy with her and . . .
Damned if his wasn’t the same face as the one on her calf.
A member of their generation said, out of the couple’s hearing, “That’ll work if you don’t break up.”
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“He stood by me when I was crazy and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now, sir, we stand by each other always.”
-- William Tecumseh Sherman in re Gen. U. S. Grant
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Kate headlined this e-mail, “As I Lay Dying in JFK”:
Are we really this bad? No, really, what has happened to our society?
I am pushing my cart with four suitcases, and this airport worker says you have to push down on the bar to work the cart. (No kidding?)
I am waiting in line for my White Hot Chocolate at Dunkin Donuts and the person in front of me starts yelling, “How long does it take to pour a cup of damn coffee?” Okay, he was in a hurry, but that was uncalled for.
I am sitting typing on my computer and this couple starts yelling, “I told you it was this (deleted)ing way and we had to take the shuttle, you never listen to me.”
Yes, yes, I know this is JFK but if people come to the U.S. and this is their first impression then they must be thinking what the hell is up.
I miss South Africa. I felt like the Mother City adopted me more than NYC ever did.
I would try to park my car and somebody would help me parallel park it. I would ask for directions and people would go out of their way to explain how to get there.
When my car battery was dead, the man who stood out in the rain and changed my battery would not accept any money for it.
In South Africa I had the best time of my life. It was truly the best five months I ever spent. |
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