"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Friday, February 27, 2004
OK, stop the presses, grab the firetruck, its time for this blog's Top Blogger Idol Nominees
A winnowed out field this time, probably a result of the late email that went out for the topic, but they still were good.
Paging Stephen King Christine Djordjevic calls her car “possessed” because it starts and moves by itself. Police found that explanation fishy after Djordjevic’s driverless car crashed into her neighbor’s house — until they saw it for themselves. They discovered she had bought the car with a remote starter installed, but she didn’t know how to use it. Apparently, if the car was parked in gear and she pushed the wrong button on her key fob, the car would lurch down the road. Even after it had happened several times, once even taking off with her son inside, Djordjevic did nothing about it. “I don’t even know how the stupid thing works,” she says. “It usually does it by accident.” (Northwest Indiana Times) ...“Usually”? Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
