A Blog of the Ridiculous and Sublime, by Mark Sackler
“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.
“Life is wasted on the living.”–Douglas Adams
If anybody is counting, I’m pretty sure Mr. Adams has had more quotes in this series than anybody else. He should probably have his own series. Let’s hope this isn’t wasted on the late author: today is the 40th anniversary of the publishing of The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy. Happy Birthday, Arthur Dent! I bet you can’t wait until he turns 42.
“I’m a peripheral visionary. I can see the future but only way off to the side.”–Steven Wright
Oh, my. What does Friday taste like? Where are those “future of food” people when you need them? (I might add that any professional futurist knows that you have to look way off to the side, as well as straight ahead, to get any idea of what the future might really hold).
“The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt”–Peter Diamandis”
I had the great pleasure of meeting the illustrious Dr. Diamandis at the X Prize foundation a couple of weeks ago. Too bad he isn’t a super villain, “The diabolical Dr. Diamandis” has a great aliterative ring to it.
Shameless self promotion department–here is the link to my Seeking Delphi™ podcast with interviews recorded at the X Prize Foundation Future of Longevity Impact Roadmap, April 29-30, 2019.
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”–Irv Kupcinet
“Thanksgiving, man, not a good day to be in my pants.”–Kevin James
I have reached the age where I really don’t give a flying $@%$# about diets or whether pants fit. Not on Thanksgiving. I’ll worry about that next week. Have a good one, if you’re into it.
“Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.”–Dylan Thomas
“What will kill us first, artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?’–Habib Haddad
I’m not sure if it matters whether we give a damn. Time will tell. No further comment necessary.
“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”–Thomas Jefferson
“If you live to one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.”–George Burns
Wow. It only took me six years and two months to count to 100. Just think, in dog years, this blog is middle-aged.
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”–Douglas Adams
One deadline you absolutely can’t miss is Towel Day. Keep your towel handy and don’t panic.
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”–Hunter S. Thompson
And when their names get weird–or funny–they go in the first round of the NFL draft. Just ask Barkevious Mingo, Jadeveon Clowney, and Ha-Ha Clinton Dix. They were all first rounders, and all top performers in the annual poll of funniest names in the NFL draft. Oh, yeah. Don’t forget: the 6th annual edition of that venerated tradition will appear on Monday of next week. Same time, same channel.
I'm not the most interesting man in the world, but I might have the most cluttered mind.
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