Kansas City
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson: “Is this
Heaven?”
Ray Kinsella: “No… it’s Iowa.”
Nobody’s Perfect
It ain’t me, it ain’t me
I ain’t no senator’s son, son
It ain’t me, it ain’t me
I ain’t no fortunate one
– John Fogerty
Little Soaps
“There’s more to life than being a passenger.”
– Amelia Earhart
Floor Sweepings
“The chances of each of us coming into existence are
infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die someday, we
should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun.”
– Richard Dawkins
Silence Is Golden
The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings—
Lewis Carroll
Bird Cage
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” – Charles Dederich
Bernoulli’s Fault
O’Riordan sang as if there was toxic green acid
flowing in her veins, ….
…Because There Was.
Let the Mystery Be
“For Sale: Baby Shoes, never Worn.”
– Ernest Hemingway
A Barrel of Monkeys
“One could become quite a philosopher studying human behaviour in war time.”
– Jack Shepherd
Strength In Numbers
If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
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