“First you forget names. Then you forget faces. Then you forget to zip your fly up. Then you forget to zip your fly down.”–George Burns on old age.
And you thought I was dead.
Cosmic Quote #119
October 17, 2022 by 1 Comment
“A rising tide lifts all boats.”–popular stock market axiom
“At low tide, everything stinks.”–my apropos corollary to the above axiom, considering current markets
Need I say more? To all those young meme stock investors out there: welcome to the real world.
Cosmic Quote #118
February 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
“If the technological Singularity can happen, it will.”–Vernor Vinge
Ray Kurzweil might throw a fit over this.
Cosmic Quote #117
October 12, 2021 by Leave a Comment
“On Halloween, the parents send their kids out dressed like me.”–Rodney Dangerfield
Poor Rodney. Seventeen years dead and still no respect. Trick or Treat!
Cosmic Quote #116
May 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment
“One martini is all right. Two are too many. Three are not enought.”–James Thurber
I could use one right about now.
Cosmic Quote #115
December 26, 2020 by Leave a Comment
“The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours..”–TS Elliott
Let’s hope that 2021 is kinder to us all. Calendar, or fiscal.
Cosmic Quote #112
February 8, 2020 by Leave a Comment
“A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.”–Groucho Marx
“What the world needs now is more Grouchos and fewer grouches.”–me
Don’t look now, but most annual deductibles for health insurance in the US now cost a lot more than most people made in a year back in Groucho’s day. Indeed, the world needs more Grouchos.
Cosmic Quote #109
December 19, 2019 by 2 Comments
“You call it procrastinaion; I call it thinking.”–Aaron Sorkin
It seems there is a theory that procrastinators are more creative. Aha! So the fact that I am years behind on the other threads on this blog should be proof positive that I’m incubating more brilliant ideas to dazzle you with. Right!? Or maybe I’m just lazy…
Cosmic Quote #108
November 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“It took me three weeks to stuff the turkey. I stuffed it through the beak.”–Phyllis Diller
Hmm. Thanksgiving is the only day of the year my wife cooks. I suppose you can say it takes her a year to stuff the turkey. Wait–we are visiting relatives this year. The next one will take two years. Happy stuffing day.
Cosmic Quote #107
October 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“I’m so ugly, when I open the door for trick-or-treaters, the kids give me candy.”–Rodney Dangerfield
Ah, poor Rodney. Who else would be born in ready-made Halloween costume? Enjoy the spookiest day of the year, and don’t let those ghouls get to you.
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