George Carlin
"Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."

Thomas Carlyle
"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books."

Sir Thomas Beecham
"Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away."

Margaret Cho
"I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to."

La Fontaine
"Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances."

H. L. Hunt
"Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work."

Banned Books
List catalogs books banned from the Wasilla, Alaska, public library by Mayor Sarah Palin?

Why Women Should Vote
Article relates the plight of suffragists who were arrested for picketing the White House in 1917.

Miley Cyrus
Yet another celebrity death hoax: Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus.

Dilbert Goes Official

Over 200,000 of you subscribe to this feed, and after 5 short years, Dilbert.com finally has an official feed for you: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DilbertDailyStrip

They've also blocked access to the comic images, so you should update this feed address if you want to keep reading! Thanks for all your support over the years - dwlt.

O Fortuna!
O Fortunavelut lunastatu variabilis,semper crescisaut decrescis;vita detestabilisnunc obduratet tunc curatludo mentis aciem,egestatem,potestatemdissolvit ut glaciem. . . .

Plotinus: The Contest Between Drugs, Magic and Reason
Ὁ δὲ σπουδαῖος πῶς ὑπὸ γοητείας καὶ φαρμάκων; Ἢ τῆι μὲν ψυχῆι ἀπαθὴς εἰς γοήτευσιν, καὶ οὐκ ἂν τὸ λογικὸν αὐτοῦ πάθοι, οὐδ᾽ ἂν μεταδοξάσειε· τὸ δὲ ὅσον τοῦ παντὸς ἐν αὐτῶι ἄλογον, κατὰ τοῦτο πάθοι ἄν, μᾶλλον δὲ τοῦτο πάθοι ἄν· ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἔρωτας ἐκ φαρμάκων, εἴπερ τὸ ἐρᾶν ἐπινευούσης καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς τῆς ἄλλης τῶι τῆς ἄλλης παθήματι… Τί γὰρ μαθών τις πρὸς ἄλλο ἔχει; Ἢ ἑλκόμενος οὐ μάγων τέχναις, ἀλλὰ τῆς φύσεως, τῆς ἀπάτης δούσης καὶ συναψάσης ἄλλο πρὸς ἄλλο οὐ τοῖς τόποις, ἀλλ᾽ οἷς ἔδωκε φίλτροις. . . .

WYATT MASON—Weekend Read: Bearing Down on the Banks
At the Republican convention the city of New Orleans and the larger gulf coast received what was doubtless a salubrious and meaningful supply of fortifying lip service. One might suppose that with so much proffered, little more is needed. But the editors of a new magazine called Triple Canopy, surely to their discredit, seem to think otherwise. The new, third issue of their online-only endeavor is devoted to a consideration of New Orleans in the light of the reportorially remote events of Hurricane Katrina and their aftermath. . . .