Category Archives: metavocabulary

The Twinkie Retort.

“I know you can’t live on hope alone, but without it … without it life is not worth living.” - Harvey Milk

Thanks Hulu, because I didn’t learn the full story when I lived there.

Money won’t save you.

Coincidentally, I can’t save money, either.
completely stolen quote

My Colony, My God.

Although I think that most people believe that they have the powers within themselves to write a book, very few actually do. Do it, that is. It being taking the keyboard to the mattresses. I suppose I have a silly romantic notion of being all hermited-up and bound in a small cabin [...]

The Nth Republic?

I am fond of people that do review the cyclic nature of our history. And Michael Lind certainly has a lovely eye for this dissection of where he has delineated the three previous Republics of the United States:
The First Republic of the United States, assembled following the American Revolution, lasted from 1788 to 1860. [...]

Lame Duck.

Sour grapes. Mr Bush is receiving a healthy portion of what he had been handing out to 95% of the people in the US and 99% of the people in the world for the length of his political career. He has marked his place in history. Now he has to take it. [...]