Wed 1 May 2013

Empties

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, stories, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The most of the successful authors of the short fiction of today never went to no kind of college, or if they did, they studied piano turning or the barber trade. They could of got just as far in what I call the literary game if they had of stayed home those four years and helped mother carry out the empty bottles.”

—Ring Lardner, “How to Write Short Stories”

A hilarious “essay,” which can be read in full here.

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Tue 30 Apr 2013

Dying of thirst

Posted by PJ under drinking, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Whilst traveling through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. Had to live on food and water for days.”

—W. C. Fields, My Little Chickadee

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Mon 29 Apr 2013

Tarted up

Posted by PJ under diets, food, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.”

—attributed to James Beard

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Thu 25 Apr 2013

“I like to watch—”

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, tv
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Random quote of the day:

“Whom the gods would destroy, they first give TV.”

—Arthur C. Clarke, Voices from the Sky

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Wed 24 Apr 2013

Unsolving

Posted by PJ under questions and answers, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I don’t have any solution but I certainly admire the problem.”

—Ashleigh Brilliant, Pot-Shot #759

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Tue 23 Apr 2013

And leave a beautiful corpse

Posted by PJ under celebrity, dad, graveyards, Hollywood, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”

—Marilyn Monroe, My Story

 

 A personal memory

Every time I’ve visited Marilyn’s grave—and given that I worked in Westwood when I was younger, it’s been quite often—there are fresh flowers and the imprint of red lips on the stone. Westwood Memorial Cemetery persists in cleaning them off, but fans persist in leaving them, and even after Joe DiMaggio stopped having roses delivered weekly to Marilyn’s grave (for some twenty years), the fans also kept up that tradition. I last visited her in 1993. Although we buried my dad, Tom, at the veteran’s cemetery in Riverside, his memorial service was held at Westwood. I stepped out for air at one point and wandered the grounds, eventually going over to say hello to Marilyn. The flowers and red lips were in place, as always. As I turned back to the memorial chapel I saw my dad standing outside in the Marine Corps dress blues we’d buried him in—looking sad, his hat in his hands. He glanced up, our eyes met, he acknowledged me with a nod, then he was gone.

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Mon 22 Apr 2013

Mystified

Posted by PJ under meaning, quote of the day, the universe
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Random quote of the day:

“Perhaps I’m old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.”

—Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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Fri 19 Apr 2013

Monstrosity

Posted by PJ under monsters, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Biographers generally believe it is easy to be a ‘monster.’ It is even harder than being a saint.”

—Colette, Lettres à ses pairs

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Thu 18 Apr 2013

Poem in my pocket

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It’s Poem in Your Pocket Day: http://bit.ly/11hNhsN 

Here’s the poem I’m carrying in my pocket today:

Old Man Leaves Party
by Mark Strand

It was clear when I left the party
That though I was over eighty I still had
A beautiful body. The moon shone down as it will
On moments of deep introspection. The wind held its breath.
And look, somebody left a mirror leaning against a tree.
Making sure that I was alone, I took off my shirt.
The flowers of bear grass nodded their moonwashed heads.
I took off my pants and the magpies circled the redwoods.
Down in the valley the creaking river was flowing once more.
How strange that I should stand in the wilds alone with my body.
I know what you are thinking. I was like you once. But now
With so much before me, so many emerald trees, and
Weed-whitened fields, mountains and lakes, how could I not
Be only myself, this dream of flesh, from moment to moment?

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Thu 18 Apr 2013

Wisdom words

Posted by PJ under quotation, quote of the day, wisdom
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Random quote of the day:

“Quotations. I love them because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than yourself.”

—Marlene Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich’s A-B-C, 1961

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