I was listening to a radio interview of Jose Gonzales (musician). The interviewer asked him, "when was the last time you cried?" He responded, "about 2 months ago..." At that point I thought, gee this guy must be as sensitive as his music seems. But then he ended his sentence with, "... I hit my toe really hard."

What would Mersault (from "The Outsider") say or do if he were in my circumstance?

Who wants to play Blackjack with Jack Black?

"Practice doesn't lead to perfection. Perfect practice does."
- my first martial arts instructor

Details are what separate the okay from the best. I'm another link in the chain, passing this along.

"You're looking hot like vindaloo, like 50 green chilies burning you"
- song lyric

Having 50 green chilies rubbed on one's skin is torture. It might sting your eyes just to look at this person.

It's so hot my post-its are falling off the wall.

Who wants fast food when you can eat at the Ritz?

Would you eat something made by chef Gordon Ramsey (of Hell's Kitchen)? He seems to be a very angry, bossy person. I think his food (or that made by his trainees) would somehow carry that negativity. More pain than necessary was endured to prepare that food... I think there's something wrong with that.

The smartians are coming?

International security problems? Send in Jackie Chan.

5 minutes can be huge...

"UHSEM schmoosem"

Perfume with the scent of Play-Doh is commercially available. What'll they think of next...

Hasbro believes that the smell will transport adults back to their youth. Not a bad assumption, smells can really do that for people.

"It takes three to tango"

- silly-sounding line from SD

"We really need women here. We have been reduced to sharing them."

- young man from Isstadir on the effects that importing large numbers of manual laborers has had on the dating scene in Northern Iceland

Supposedly, if you smile at people in France they think you're retarded.

One of my friends has an interesting theory for why girls have pretty eyes.

"He looks like he could kill someone and enjoy it"

- what someone said about my boss

Skipper the Penguin: Status.
Private the Penguin: [Walking on computer keyboard] It's no good, Skipper. I don't know the codes.
Skipper the Penguin: [Slapping Private] Don't give me excuses, give me results!

Today I gave up control over my body for a couple of hours. This was different than going to sleep.