Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Sounds familiar.

- The DNC in a nutshell

- Dred Zeppelin reminds me I always thought it would be great to have an Elvis impersonator sing Bruce Springsteen songs.

- Christopher Walken reading Three Little Pigs is also a classic.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

More Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Good commercial from BMW.

- Heh Heh

- I have the sense of humor of a 12-year old.

- Heh Heh

Happy Birthday to Christopher Walken

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share,

- Perspective.

- Heh Heh 

- Tesla's unrivaled profit margins. They're starting to flex their financial muscles too.

- Christopher Walken is a national treasure.

Happy Birthday to Christopher Walken

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Wherever the ways of man are gentle, there is commerce, and wherever there is commerce, the ways of men are gentle." - Montesquieu

"We need more cowbell." - Christopher Walken

"Random violence makes the news precisely because it is so rare; routine acts of kindness does not make the news precisely because it is so commonplace." - Matt Ridley 

"That's the reason they're called lessons, they lessen from day to day." - Lewis Carroll

Happy 78th Birthday to Christopher Walken Dancer Extraordinaire

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Wherever the ways of man are gentle, there is commerce, and wherever there is commerce, the ways of men are gentle." - Montesquieu

"We need more cowbell." - Christopher Walken

"Random violence makes the news precisely because it is so rare; routine acts of kindness does not make the news precisely because it is so commonplace." - Matt Ridley 

"Operation Warp Speed specifically was an excellent idea and has worked out great - Novavax vaccine wouldn't exist without it." - Patrick Collison

"That's the reason they're called lessons, they lessen from day to day." - Lewis Carroll

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." - Benjamin Franklin

Pulp Fiction - The Gold Watch

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Morgan Housel - Best Story Wins

- Christopher Walken in a  live-action version of Puss in Boots. This was a real thing! 

- Spacehey a "reincarnation" of MySpace and a "competitor" to Facebook. Wouldn't be surprised if things like Spacehey become more numerous and popular. Like upgraded message board communities without the exploitative big-brotherism of  Facebook.

-There should be a movie about Dick Tuck. It could end (or begin) with the Watergate break-in.

- "Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Cat to Live." The Catholic Church's forgotten war on cats. (But what about Christopher Walken as a cat?)

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Whenever I read "Huawei technology" my mind always reads it as "Nortel's technology" because that's where they stole it. I can't believe Canadians aren't more pissed off at China for ruining one of their biggest employers and the biggest technology company in the country...  Kept reading this story thinking it would make a great Ben Affleck movie (almost tailor-made sequel to The Town). Of course Patriots fans know Vladimir Putin is the greatest Super Bowl ring thief in history... Such a good prank - I want those stickers... And just like that - nobody was talking about Jeffrey Epstein anymore... THE ICE IS GONNA BREAK!... Good luck with your Super Bowl squares today. I don't have a rooting interest in today's game but I would like to see a lot of points (if you know what I'm saying). It would be cool to see Tom Brady get his seventh Super Bowl ring though (and for Cameron Brate to catch more then 4 passes and for the coin flip to come up heads)... 

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Groundbreaking trial in US rapidly cools trauma victims with catastrophic injuries to buy more time for surgery. The more click-baity are calling this "suspended animation."

- Too funny!

- From cooling to heating - a startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved innovative "solar oven" capabilities about equal to a quarter of the surface of the Sun. Concentrated solar energy.

- I shouldn't laugh at this (and I can't help but hear it in my head in Christopher Walken's voice)

- Billionaire Guy Laliberte (founder of Cirque du Soleil) in trouble for growing marijuana on his private island in Tahiti 

- Interesting interview of Al Pacino (in which Bob DeNiro sometimes participates)

Top 5 - Christopher Walken Movies

Happy 75th birthday to Christopher Walken. My favorite Walken movies:

1. The Dead Zone
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Suicide Kings
4. Biloxi Blues
5. The Deer Hunter 

His role in the 2002 Man on Fire almost makes the list just for the fact that the last thing he says in the movie is "I have nothing else to say." He meant that he had no more lines in the script but the director left it in the final cut. 

As a bonus - here's Walken reading Where the Wild Things Are

Speaking of Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken reads Where the Wild Things Are.

Top 5 - Christopher Walken Movies

Happy 74th birthday to Christopher Walken. My favorite Walken movies:

1. The Dead Zone
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Suicide Kings
4. Biloxi Blues
5. The Deer Hunter 

His role in the 2002 Man on Fire almost makes the list just for the fact that the last thing he says in the movie is "I have nothing else to say." He meant that he had no more lines in the script but the director left it in the final cut. 

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Look at Bill Clinton's, George Bush's and Barack Obama's expectation of dealing with Vladimir Putin and the realities they found.

- How Cosmos bungles the history of religion and science. I was looking forward to the show but have frankly been underwhelmed. The original Cosmos was truly original but now there are so many good science documentaries that the new Cosmos isn't really breaking any new ground.

- New Ebola outbreak in Africa. Nothing scares me like crashing and bleeding out.

- The daily routine of geniuses.

- Christopher Walken - dancer

- Call Me A Hole. One year old and still a great mash-up.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Heh heh - seems about right

- Awesome - Christopher Walken dancing

- Very cool - Black Death (Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stephani) - ooh fleas on rats, ooh fleas on rats!

- Incredible correction from the Washington Post

- Joe Posnanski on Louis Sockalexis. Worth the read.

- Heh heh - 20 Best Ted Talks