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Monday Meme #42 — Lloyd Alexander

Monday Meme #42 — Lloyd Alexander

Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007) wrote dozens of books, including The Black Cauldron, the source of this quote.  The book is the second in the five-volume Chronicles of Prydain series, which I dearly loved (both then and now).  The 1985 Disney movie of the

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Monday Meme #41 — Urban Camoflage

Monday Meme #41 — Urban Camoflage

Nothing deep or political this week — just a humorous observation from game designer Will Wright, creator of SimCity and The Sims.

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Monday Meme #40 — Jesus Wasn’t Conservative

Monday Meme #40 — Jesus Wasn’t Conservative

I gathered the quotations in my collection not by gleaning other collections, but from my own reading.  Also, in some cases, from my own listening.  This one comes from a caller on the sadly defunct Air America Radio, in May

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Monday Meme #39 — Andre Dubus

Monday Meme #39 — Andre Dubus

Andre Dubus (1936-1999) was a writer, who (in the words of his New York Times obituary) “was devoted to the art of the short story.”    In 1986 he was struck by a car while helping a pair of stranded

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Monday Meme #38 — Always a Way Out

Monday Meme #38 — Always a Way Out

H.L. Mencken (1880-1958) was a scholar, journalist, and author, known for many works including The American Language and his satirical reporting on the Scopes “Monkey Trial” (a term he coined).  Some of his views, especially on race, are downright reprehensible

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Monday Meme #37 — Duct Tape

"All solutions are temporary, so why not go for duct tape?" quote from Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor (official website) is a writer and humorist, best known for being the creator and star of the radio show A Prairie Home Companion (from which he retired after a 40+ year run in 2016).

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Monday Meme #36 — Timbers Army

So I say to Seattle, "You've got a marching band. We've got a guy with a chainsaw." Merritt Paulson

If you ask me, “What’s your favorite football team?” I’ll probably answer “The Portland Timbers.” (If I don’t, the answer will be “The Portland Thorns.”)  This is in no small part thanks to the Timbers Army, a supporters group which

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Monday Meme #35 — Looking Through Darkness

You have to patiently learn to live together with your shadow. And carefully observe the darkness within you. Sometimes in a dark tunnel you have to confront your own dark side. Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami (b. Jaunary 12, 1949) (official website) is a Japanese writer of works ranging from fantastical fiction to oral history.  This quote is from his acceptance speech after winning the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in November 2016.

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Monday Meme #34 — Truth and Tragedy

Such is life. If you are lucky to live long, death is what happens all around you. The truth doesn't make it any less tragic. Bud Geracie

Sportswriter Bud Geracie is presently the executive sports editor of the San Jose Mercury News; this quote originates from one of his “In the Wake of the Week” sports columns, from about 20 years ago.  

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Monday Meme #33 — George Foreman

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway. George Foreman
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