Thoughtsam

- make of it what you will -

7.31.2007

I'm just telling you this now so I'll remember having said it later.


7.30.2007

In the society of toddlers, we're but anthropologists.


7.29.2007

There's a man on the bus with a toothbrush in his mouth, and his head's lolling around like he's about to fall asleep.


7.28.2007

Which is better, the lie you know, or the truth you don't?


7.27.2007

When you say she's ugly, aren't you really saying you think future generations should be absent of her genes?


7.26.2007

In the night before, everything you might do seems like a good idea. In the morning after, everything you did seems like a bad idea. You're over the hill when the combined weight of your mornings after overpower your nights before.


7.25.2007

It's not my fault - evolution made me do it!


7.24.2007

He kept his friendly plants close and his enemy plants closer... with mixed results.


7.23.2007

"I'm really onto something! I'll be famous," he thought. Later he would find out it was called "the scientific method" and everyone had already heard of it.


7.22.2007

Sometimes I... No, I've already said too much.


7.21.2007

What does it say about her that the tattoo on her arm has bigger breasts than she does?


7.20.2007

He liked to support his prejudices with plausible-sounding scientific evidence.


7.19.2007

Bowling is an unintended consequence of Newtonian physics.


7.18.2007

Yeah, well, I know the international language of kicking your ass!


7.17.2007

Commerce thrives around inefficiencies in a system, like ants to rotting fruit.


7.16.2007

He'd written "love = theft" on the inside cover of his notebook.


7.15.2007

It's good to challenge your assumptions, but not while you're driving.


7.14.2007

You can be idealistic only so long before you just have to eat ice cream.
thanks: Matthew


7.13.2007

They say alcohol makes you do things you wouldn't otherwise. I wish it were true, as I don't want to take responsibility for what I'm going to do tonight.


7.12.2007

Just when I got used to their staring, now I miss it when it's gone.


7.11.2007

There I sat, on the bluff overlooking the ocean, with a crumpled flower in my hand, trying to figure out which I regret more - the mistakes I've made, or the chances I've left untaken.


7.10.2007

At the last moment he reached up and grabbed the siderail, swinging into the tram in one smooth motion.


7.09.2007

Knowledge is the foundation of wisdom, but it should no more be mistaken for wisdom itself than a slab of concrete be mistaken for a house.


7.08.2007

There he was again, looking out the bus window with his binoculars. I squinted to see what he might be looking at.


7.07.2007

He had a way of telling us the truth so we wouldn't believe it.


7.06.2007

Every day I saw her there on the platform as my train went by. Even from the briefest flash, the sorrowful look on her face would haunt me for hours.


7.05.2007

Higher and higher he climbed, until the commotion below was just a faint rustling on the wind.


7.04.2007

One year!


7.03.2007

Like the whipmarks on my back, your love is etched into my soul.


7.02.2007

His pace quickened then, and I knew I would soon be exposed.


7.01.2007

When I'm done digging these ones, I'll just start another set. What else would I do?