Something I have to remember... |
You've got this pearl of a decade in front of you: THE TWENTIES. This is the prime of your life! You've been on a straight educational path since you learned to tie your shoes, and now suddenly you've...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Wed, 24 May 2006 11:56:00 PST |
BEMUSE/AMUSE |
When you bemuse someone, you confuse them, and not necessarily in an entertaining way. Dont confuse this word with amuse.
List of errors...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:10:00 PST |
AFFECT/EFFECT |
There are four distinct words here. When affect is accented on the final syllable (a-FECT), it is a verb meaning have an influence on: The million-dollar donation from the industrialist did not affect...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:08:00 PST |
Steven Wright |
A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, "Wish you were here." A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:27:00 PST |
Michael Palin |
"Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future. Contrary to what the poli...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:18:00 PST |
P. J. O'Rourke |
"A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous rela...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:55:00 PST |
Steve Martin |
"An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be. Boy, those French: They have a different word for everything! Chaos in the midst of...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:42:00 PST |
Andy Kaufman |
I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut-or get angry from the gut. I never told a joke in my life. If I play my cards right, I could bring net...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:38:00 PST |
Eddie Izzard |
And the National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill people, people do," but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, "Bang!" That's not go...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:35:00 PST |
W. C. Fields |
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. ...
Posted by Nick Palladino on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:32:00 PST |
