"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:
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Idiotic Advertising Statement of the Day
Spotted tonight in an ad on TV for a weight loss pill:
"With other pills, you may think you are losing fat but you are really just losing meaningless weight."
Uh, OK. That explains it then. All this time I thought it was a weight problem! Doh!
Gentlemen’s Agreement Leaders of Colorado’s state House of Representatives chided fellow lawmakers for getting into a fight recently. Rep. Bill Cadman called an amendment proposed by Rep. Val Vigil “garbage.” When Vigil said Cadman was garbage, Cadman said if Vigil ever said that again, “I’ll ram my fist up your ass.” Minority Leader Joe Stengel urged, “We need to agree to disagree without being disagreeable.” (Denver Rocky Mountain News) ...Agreed. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
