"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:
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Update on the Spongebob Wedding Thing
You may remember my astonishment a few days ago about an EBay auction for a Spongebob wedding cake topper. I was just checking my logs, and apparently someone found this blog using "Spongebob wedding" as a search term.
I must be missing a gene somewhere, since this appears to be a more widespread phenomenon than I thought...
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Blind Luck Michael Savage, 29, says he got into a fight with neighbors in his Sacramento, Calif., apartment complex and, to escape them, jumped off his second-storey balcony and ran while shooting at the pursuers behind him. He ran into a nearby retirement complex screaming for help. “Unfortunately, he’s got a gun and he thinks people are chasing him,” says police Sgt. Justin Risley. “And he’s legally blind. So he fires a couple of shots down the hallway. Fortunately, he doesn’t hurt anybody.” Officers found no evidence anyone was ever chasing Savage. He was arrested on weapons charges. (Sacramento Bee) ...He’s in good company: justice is blind too. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
