When Dude Dude Chick played the party last weekend, I recited the quote below in between verses of CCR’s Fortunate Son. Some people asked me who originally said this:

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and
groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more
desolation. War is hell.
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“When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I’ve never tried before.” — Mae West

“Half of the American people never read a newspaper.
Half never vote for President. One hopes it is the same half.” –Gore Vidal
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Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave
announcement to make. Incredible as it may seem, strange beings who
landed in New Jersey tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from
Mars.

In my online escapades I find myself returning to find out more about “outsider” art.

In that line, I managed to “get ahold of” a BBC documentary about Syd Barrett.

I was inspired to not write, but rather edit a poem.
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Once again, a pitch for English Club Dresden Neustadt. We meet every Wednesday evening at a different locale in the Neustadt and rap in English. We make other meetings as they arise.

Our humble yet quickly growing board is found (for the time being) at this domain here.

Just in time for Reformation Day, archaeologists have found Martin Luther’s crapper, where he was when his 95 feces came to him.

Sam Lender, bagel tycoon, died last week at 84. Guess what I’m a-doing tonight.

Lender and his brother invented a flash freezing process for bagels, making bagels accessible any day of the weeks for WASPs everywhere.