Some man-gland gets tweaked, and certain men, who may have known each other all their lives, suddenly cease to be friends.

Bjork sings as if she’s trying to make her head explode.

Quotes on love, from Faulkner's `Absolom, Absolom'

Ø · "…the orphaning, the hardship, the bereave of love"
Ø · parents’ love-that fond dear constant violation of privacy"
Ø · "that shame which is such a part of love’s declaring"
Ø · "I gave him nothing, which is the sum of loving."

Race riot tanka & haiku

THE PRIME MINISTER ON RACE RIOTS
Don’t get caught up
in navel-gazing over
the reasons for it;

it’s just bad behaviour
fuelled by too much drinking.

THE PRIME MINISTER ON RIOTERS TORCHING CHURCHES
It is repugnant.
I condemn their actions
unconditionally.

KIM BEASLEY ON NEO-NAZIS
There are some stirrers
but it is just a very
small minority;

there are racist elements
but they occur on both sides.

Remember the mystery of the hanged man in the empty room with a wet floor? At what age did you solve that puzzle?

“I haven’t got all afternoon.” “Why? Are you in a time warp?”

poems aren’t real. they slide off the real. like falling into the sea off a slimy rock. jump! before you fall.

I got my wisdom before my intelligence. I got my intelligence before my maturity.

CSI: Miami

“Bag it.” “No I bag it.” “No, I bag it.”

Sex and Love

“There is a difference between sex and love. But no-one knows what it is.”

Terror is the only way that global pollution will cease. Capitalism will wipe us out; terrorism will destroy the economy, but save the planet.

Learning. It’s the most interesting thing to do.

Sign on the back of cars and geriatric cabs in 2030: “BABY BOOMER ON BOARD.”

A simpleton explaining his death: “I’m asleep because something made me.”

“Has the truth serum worn off?” “Ask me if I like your hair.”

The assertive employee negotiating a pay rise

“Sure, I deserve more than you’re offering. It’s just going to take you guys longer to work it out. So how long will it take you?”