We asked for signs
The signs were sent
The birth betrayed
The marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
Of every government
Signs for all to see

People need plumbers, and plumbers make a lot of money.

That boy. . .

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. - Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1730 – 4 April 1774)

When will he be on "Last Man on Earth"? Mary Steenburgen needs a companion.

Coworker: Does anyone need anything from the kitchen?
Isis Uptown: No, because my Xanax isn't in there.
Coworker: Oh god, if only we had wine here. . .

It’s sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. It takes nothing away from the romance of a sunset to understand it from a scientific point of view. – Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996)

The Universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. – Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996)

"Baby" is Puppy's first name, and nobody puts Baby Puppy in a corner. Polka Dot Bunny is a bunny of color, apparently several. I am all for working hard and being nice.

Then she did the Mash, she did the Monster Mash.

A friend's post about the election:

What counts now is not just what we against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us - what convictions, what courage, what faith - win or lose. - Adlai Stevenson

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. - Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980)

A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do. - Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980)

Don't.

Luther Campbell made me have something in my eye.

"I can’t imagine any work of literature that wouldn’t be improved by having Alan Alda read it to me."

Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. And if you don’t help us, who else in the world can help us do this? - Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960), “The Unbeliever and the Christians”

“Why would I want to go to a strip club? I’m married to a naked lady!"

I voted last weekend, on my birthday. If my life turns into a sitcom and someone tries to keep me from the polls, it won't matter.