Wednesday, January 08, 2003
�Obstinate people may be subdivided into the opinionated, the ignorant and the boorish.�
- Aristotle (384 � 322 BC), Greek philosopher: �Nicomachean Ethics�
�� the English think of an opinion as something which a decent person, if he has the misfortune to have one, does all he can to hide.�
- Margaret Halsey (b. 1910), American writer: �With Malice Toward Some�, 1938.
�We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins� The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.�
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 � 1950), Irish socialist, writer, dramatist and critic: �Man and Superman�, 1903.
�Before playtime let us consider the possibilities of getting stoned on milk.�
- Brian Patten (b. 1946), British poet: �Grinning Jack�, 1990.
January 7, 2003
�Cyberspace is where a long distance phone call takes place. Cyberspace is where the bank keeps your money. Where your medical records are stored. All of this stuff is out there somewhere. There really is no point in thinking about its geographical location. Information is extra-geographical.�
- William Gibson (b. 1948), American science fiction author: interview in �Rabid Eye 3�, 1995.
�A junky runs on junk time. When is junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on and wait for non-junk time to start.�
- William Burroughs (1914 � 1997), American author: �Junkie�, 1953.
�Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as sexual perversion and they are nowise different from one another.�
- Edward Dahlberg (1900 � 1977), American author and critic: �Moby-Dick: A Hamitic Dream�, from �Alms for Oblivion�, 1964.
- Aristotle (384 � 322 BC), Greek philosopher: �Nicomachean Ethics�
�� the English think of an opinion as something which a decent person, if he has the misfortune to have one, does all he can to hide.�
- Margaret Halsey (b. 1910), American writer: �With Malice Toward Some�, 1938.
�We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins� The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.�
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 � 1950), Irish socialist, writer, dramatist and critic: �Man and Superman�, 1903.
�Before playtime let us consider the possibilities of getting stoned on milk.�
- Brian Patten (b. 1946), British poet: �Grinning Jack�, 1990.
January 7, 2003
�Cyberspace is where a long distance phone call takes place. Cyberspace is where the bank keeps your money. Where your medical records are stored. All of this stuff is out there somewhere. There really is no point in thinking about its geographical location. Information is extra-geographical.�
- William Gibson (b. 1948), American science fiction author: interview in �Rabid Eye 3�, 1995.
�A junky runs on junk time. When is junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on and wait for non-junk time to start.�
- William Burroughs (1914 � 1997), American author: �Junkie�, 1953.
�Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as sexual perversion and they are nowise different from one another.�
- Edward Dahlberg (1900 � 1977), American author and critic: �Moby-Dick: A Hamitic Dream�, from �Alms for Oblivion�, 1964.
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