Quote of the Day [10.21.12]

broderic on October 21, 2012

“All ghost stories are ‘true’ stories. We love them, if we love them, from the depth and antiquity of our willingness to believe them.”

Michael Chabon, “The Other James”

Link and Quote of the Day [6.07.12]

broderic on June 7, 2012

"No other object has been misidentified as a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus. Even the former leader of your United States of America, James Earl Carter, Jr., thought he saw a UFO once, but it's been proven he only saw the planet Venus.

Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you: it was Venus."

Man In Black (Jesse "The Body" Ventura), The X-Files, "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'"

NASA's gallery of the transit of Venus across the Sun from the the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Whoa! Breathtaking.

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10996

Quote of the Day [4.03.12]

broderic on April 3, 2012

“That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!”Homer Simpson, The Simpsons, "Homie the Clown"

Quote of the Day [3.20.12]

broderic on March 21, 2012

“I’m fascinated how a person’s sense of consciousness can be… so transformed by nothing more magical than listening to words. Mere words.”

Jose Chung (Charles Nelson Reilly), The X-Files, “Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space'”

Quote of the Day [3.06.12]

broderic on March 6, 2012

“Lumbergh’s gonna have me work on Saturday. I can tell already. I’m gonna end up doing it, because, uh, because I’m a big pussy, which is why I work at Initech to begin with.”

Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), Office Space

Quote of the Day [3.01.12]

broderic on March 2, 2012

There’s too much caffeine in your bloodstream
And a lack of real spice in your life

The Smiths, “A Rush and A Push And The Land Is Ours”