"It took us so long to realize that a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved." --Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan "I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not better for it." --Abraham Lincoln

"At a certain point each winter, there is a slow-growing feeling that it has just begun and it will never end and there is no way to escape it. The feeling seeps out from the center of your body, somewhere...Bradbury "Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty events will occur whether you are frightened or not?" --Daniel Handler, The Reptile Room

First, let me thank everyone who participated in the Giant Toy Post -- and if you read but were too shy to comment, that's okay! Hope it helped, educated, elucidated, or fueled fantasies. Speaking of...with your muse -- let's get weird, let's get creative! Let's go places we haven't gone before! Here's your balloon... Prepare for liftoff, my friends! ( no , I am not smoking anything, why do you ask?

Number of times I walked Pete, who I was dogsitting: 6. Number of things I got done today: ZERO. It's amazing how not getting anything done can leave you so tired. Either that, or it's the fact that... ; Wall Street Zombies To Invade Manhattan? ; Zombies attend the 'Quarantine' premiere. Mel Gibson Ditches 'Lethal Weapon 5,' Leaves it Dead in the Water. Oh, thank God.

I know I didn't write yesterday, but hey even God rested on Sunday, or was that Saturday, I'm always getting mixed reports. I just finished reading Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade.  I know...of the number.  It was only off by a few hundred million, it was probably because of all the wars we've had since then. So it goes. I guess population control is why people continue to fight wars

Louis-Ferdinand Céline's influence on North American writers makes for a fascinating case study in literary influence. Is Céline a "strong poet" whose anxiety of influence has been felt on this side...previous work on Céline includes Sources et citations dans "Bagatelles pour un massacre" (1987) and a special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, coedited with Philippe Roussin, "Céline, USA" (1994).

Louis-Ferdinand Céline's influence on North American writers makes for a fascinating case study in literary influence. Is Céline a "strong poet" whose anxiety of influence has been felt on this side...previous work on Céline includes Sources et citations dans "Bagatelles pour un massacre" (1987) and a special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, coedited with Philippe Roussin, "Céline, USA" (1994).

Louis-Ferdinand Céline's influence on North American writers makes for a fascinating case study in literary influence. Is  Céline a "strong poet" whose anxiety of influence has been felt on this side... Alice Kaplan, " The Céline Effect: A 1992 Survey of Contemporary American Writers." From Modernism/modernity. Volume 3, Number 1, January 1996, pp. 117-136.

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different." --Kurt Vonnegut "If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever... and out of it make fine stories--science fiction or otherwise. Which finally means may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world." --Ray Bradbur

okay in a few months i will be getting my first tattoo and i have just recently started looking at text tattoos. About a year ago i read Cat's Cradle and it was about the same time when i started opening... And who was in my karass ... And all the good things our karass did for you. Amen. i just don't know which part of it i would get. any opinions would be greatly appreciated!