"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:
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Spam Title of the Day #4
Today's winner for the oddest spam title in my inbox is:
"andre earsplitting"
The email appears that they are selling mortgages with "none interest." Frankly, I'm not sure I want to hear about it.
If At First You Don’t Succeed A gas station attendant in Euless, Texas, reported that a man stepped in and made a small purchase. When the clerk opened the cash register to get his change, the man squirted him in the face with pepper spray, grabbed $200 from the register, and then fled. The robber left behind a bit of a clue, however: he left his wallet on the counter. Police waited a few days and then called the wallet’s owner and told him someone had found it, and he could come by the police station to claim it. When Joseph Fahnbulleh, 22, arrived for his wallet, he was arrested. (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) ...For assault, robbery, and driving without his license. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11