View From the Bushes

On Wednesday night I stayed up late and saw "Kill Bill." On Thursday night the Cubs lost, and in a display of emotions which surprised even me, I had a hard time sleeping. Last night, I found out that a good friend of mine is HIV+, and in a display of emotion which didn't surprise me, I once again had a hard time sleeping. As a result my cold, which was nearly routed, has made a significant counter-attack (a la The Battle of the Bulge). I have high hopes for my eventually victory, but things need to settle down a bit first. As such this will be an abbreviated VFB though I will leave you with some quotes:

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

--Sir Winston Churchill, Speech in November 1942

...that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here, but here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'd jump the life to come.

--Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7

A flying saucer creature named Zog arrived on Earth to explain how wars could be prevented and how cancer could be cured. He brought the information from Margo, a planet where the natives conversed by means of farts and tap dancing.

Zog landed at night in Connectitut. He had no sooner touched down than he saw a house on fire. He rushed into the house, farting and tap dancing, warning the people about the terrible danger they were in. The head of the house brained Zog with a golf club.

--Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves into a position of power should on no account be allowed to do the job.

--Douglas Adams

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
--Horace

I'm going to shove these papers so far down your throat that the next time a girl rips out your heart it will be gift wrapped.
--Ross