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Quotes of the Day
- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ( * )
"That scare ad was produced with amazing ineptitude. If it's 3 a.m., why is the male-seeming mother fully dressed as she comes in to check on her sleeping children? Is she a bar crawler or insomniac? An obsessive-compulsive housecleaner, like Joan Crawford in "Mommie Dearest"? And why is Hillary sitting at her desk in full drag and jewelry at that ungodly hour? A president should not be a monomaniac incapable of rest and perched on guard all night like Poe's baleful raven."
- Camille Paglia, Salon.com( * )
"Space, here I come."
- Stephen Hawking, typically profound ( * )
"When I see a farmer, going over rugged terrain in their four-wheel drive, I think that's a reasonable decision to have been made. When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, you are a complete idiot. These are not cars which people should be using in London."
- London Mayor Ken Livingstone, now charging SUVs £25 a day to drive in central London ( * )
"Perhaps the referees were not really penalizing Denver for delay of game, but in fact were trying to let Paris know that Conde-sur-l'Escaut had been captured from the Austrians."
- Dennis Miller, confusing much of America on Monday Night Football, 2001 ( * )
"We have been discussing robot bears during this session, and I would be remiss if I failed to mention that robot-bear-rape could be on the horizon."
- Roboticist Daniel H. Wilson, author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising ( * )
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"The U.S. - which has by far the largest percentage of people who take the Bible literally and express absolute belief in God (and the lowest percentage of atheists and agnostics) - also has by far the highest levels of homicide, abortion, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases."
- The results of a new study published in the Journal of Religion & Society ( Read the Times article! )
"Motorcycles seem to attract dogs. If you are chased, slow down and approach the animal slowly... Don't kick at an animal. For larger animals (dear, elk, cattle) break and prepare to stop - they are unpredictable."
- Among the many dangers of motorcycling, courtesy Calif. DMV ( * )
"It's not a regular crosswalk, it's just not," Brown said. "This is probably one of the most dangerous ones."
- crossing guard Jessica Brown, Davis CA ( * )
"Fuck me, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean ta hit the guy. I just wanted to get the fuckin phones to work."
- Russell Crowe, fightin' round the world ( * )
"There's a California law which conflicts with the federal law. Federal law treats heroin and marijuana the same, which is illogical."
- California Attorney General Bill Lockyer ( * )
- Fuck the Supreme Court right in the ear.
My lil' spiel about me
It all started one balmy afternoon on the occasionally cheeky but generally fairly nice streets of Kingston-upon-Thames, London. Yeah, that's right bitch. Kingston-upon-mother-fuckin-Thames. That's in the fuckin Royal Borough fool! RBK in the house!
So then I moved to NorCal, D-Town to be exact, which was hella cool.
Over the following years, I lived back and forth between California and the UK - mostly in LA - with the occasional stay elsewhere as well. If you've never taken mass transit in LA, I think you should try it, like take a bus to work with the teaming masses. Or better yet ride a bike or walk if you can. I think you'll start to dig your surroundings alot more. And that's always a good thing. Anyway, after many moons in the city of angels, and a nice stint in Gotham for good measure, I've recently found myself in Chicago. I'm getting a PhD in Sociology with an emphasis on urban culture. I walk ridiculous amounts and enthusiastically explore new neighborhoods. It rocks.
What else is there to say: I'm a politics freak and an art junky, a fairly leftist liberal, and I like to rock, rock on. I design and sell tshirts, bags and other merch at my website and now also at CUFFS Urban Apparel in Sactown. I'm personally and academically fascinated with cultural identity and urban society around the world. I like walking around and checking stuff out, I'm kind of of obsessed with street art, and I like listening to lots and lots of music.
"A reimagined fleet in bright bold colors" (we'll take what we can get):