"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:
Monday, March 15, 2004
I Confess, I've Been Amiss...
...But here are this week's (belated) Blogger Idol top five:
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
