October 29, 2012

2012.10.29
"He was a poet, a mountain man, a Buddhist dedicated to the principle of meditation on the essence of things, a vegetarian too by the way though I haven't got on that kick from figuring maybe in this modern world to be a vegetarian is to split hairs a little since all sentient beings eat what they can.
Japhy in Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums"
This quote rattles in my brain whenever I think about Buddhism and Vegetarianism.
The characters in the books seem to grill themselves up an awful lot of steaks
Me in 2022, trying to dig up this quote looking for "steaks"

What if Gangnam Style is actually just a rain dance and you've all brought this upon yourselves?

The chorus of Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire" uses an AAAA rhyme scheme, where every A ends with "fire". Also "A"s 1 2 and 4 are actually the same line.
I shit you not, our McDonald's is out of soda and ketchup. Hurricane isn't even here yet.

@masukomi i am curious about the families that regard ketchup as an emergency staple.

["25 or 6 to 4" comes on my new music playlist]
"Wait... is this the good one you've always had in your playlist?"
"You mean the mashup? No, this is the original."
"Oh, the one with the rap is better."
"This is a guy singing his heart out! You don't know rock and roll! You don't know anything!"
"The other one is better because it has the line 'pussy palace'."
"...touché"