tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55212122024-03-07T02:37:06.550-06:00I Am Monkey BoyThis is just my attempt to keep a journal. I'm not trying to be insightful nor thought provoking. You are probably better off looking elsewhere for that.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.comBlogger637125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-7695382511274846692017-06-22T08:28:00.001-05:002017-06-22T08:28:23.183-05:00Marcus AureliusSay to yourself first thing in the morning: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, aggressive, treacherous, malicious, unsocial. All this has afflicted them through their ignorance of true good and evil. But I have seen that the nature of good is what is right, and the nature of evil what is wrong; and I have reflected that the nature of the offender himself is akin to my own - not a kinship of blood or seed, but a sharing in the same mind, the same fragment of divinity. Therefore I cannot be harmed by any of them, as none will infect me with their wrong. Nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him. We were born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of upper and lower teeth. So to work in opposition to one another is against nature: and anger or rejection is opposition.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-80713121287622100472016-03-23T08:08:00.001-05:002016-03-23T08:08:17.762-05:00H. L. MenckenDemocracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-50937196066395510662016-01-30T21:35:00.002-06:002016-01-30T21:35:13.028-06:00 Shana AlexanderThe sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-69277269822962067732016-01-30T21:31:00.003-06:002016-01-30T21:31:57.850-06:00VoltaireAppreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-24043507215084224362015-07-16T23:25:00.001-05:002015-07-16T23:26:31.055-05:00Louis C.K.The only time you look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-42329879929537662622014-10-02T07:29:00.003-05:002014-10-02T07:29:51.829-05:00Charles BukowskiFor those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-43617484030661113722014-08-15T10:01:00.000-05:002014-08-15T10:01:17.733-05:00Garrison KeillorThey say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-90516372511954930082014-07-11T09:29:00.002-05:002014-07-11T09:29:42.056-05:00Isaac Newton<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.</span>IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-67300025383114173582014-07-07T10:34:00.001-05:002014-07-07T10:34:43.338-05:00Truman Capote<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.</span>IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-34578369956294862982014-06-10T12:37:00.000-05:002014-06-10T12:37:52.861-05:00Tom Robbins<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The stiff witted and academic seem not to comprehend that it is entirely possible to be ironic and sincere at the same instant; that a knowing tongue in cheek does not necessarily preclude an affectionate glow in heart.</span>IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-24428468718721152012014-03-17T10:24:00.001-05:002014-03-17T10:29:09.127-05:00Not the best weekIt would be an understatement to say that this week has not been a good one. A little over a week ago, Shawn, (a good friend of mine) made the decision that he didn't want to live anymore. He wasn't sick (that we know of) he was just having a particularly hard go of things lately. I suspect the confluence of the probable end of a marriage, a DUI, a rough semester at school, work and his high standards for himself probably put the screws to him. These are, of course, just guesses. We will probably never know exactly what was going through Shawn's head when he decided to do what he did. All we have are guesses and assumptions. <br />
I grieve for the loss of Shawn. He was a good person who's friendship I will deeply miss. I wasn't his closest friend but I knew him well enough that his passing effects me pretty deeply and it effects those I care about as well. <br />
One of the side effects of Shawn's death is that it has made me very introspective as of late. In some ways this feels really selfish and self indulgent. Who gives a shit about my whiny little problems, my friend is dead. Well, that's the problem. The only real meaning I can give to Shawn's death is in terms of my own inner monologue. Shawn's passing makes me think of my own mortality. When I get choked up thinking about Shawn, am I weepy because I've lost my friend or is it because I know that I too will some day come to an end? Let me tell you, the end is something that scares the hell out of me. As a non-believer I don't have the solace in knowing that I will have something after this life. When I'm done, I'm pretty sure I'm done. I don't know if that's how Shawn felt. In talking to friends, I get the notion that Shawn may have considered this a reboot or a do over. I don't know, but for Shawn's sake and for mine really, I hope he is right. How great would it be to be able to decide that you'd worked yourself into a corner and that maybe you'd be better of starting over again. <br />
How liberating would that knowledge be? There'd be no risk not worth taking. "Hell, if I screw this up, I will just try again next time." I wish (hope) that is the case. I just don't think so. Since I'm banking on only one trip through the wringer I've had to think about things differently. I need to find some way to balance risk and reward so as to maximize what I get. The problem comes in deciding what factors to try to maximize. Should I maximize my own happiness, my own safety, my own stimulation, the happiness of my child, the happiness of my family and loved ones, the safety of my child, the happiness of the word. The list goes on and on. The more I look at it the more it appears to be a multivariable optimization problem from Calculus 101. It makes me wish I'd paid more attention in class. Maybe it would be useful right now. Probably not. <br />
Another thing that has happened to me lately (that has been particularly unpleasant) is that my mind seems to wander towards imagining the moments leading up to and shortly after his death. Shawn's death was somewhat violent, but it took place in what seemed to me (when I went there) to be kind of a peaceful spot. There was s stream going by and a bike path that took him there. I find that when I'm in a quiet spot by myself or just alone with my thoughts, I often can't seem to help but to visualize his last moments. It is not pleasant and I can only hope that he found some sort of peace while he was there. The only relief I have in this is that these moments seem to be further and further apart. My hope is that they go away altogether and are replaced with moments where I only think about the good times we all had with Shawn. Don't get me wrong. I still think about the good times, but they are always tinged with a sickening sense of what Shawn had to have been enduring to make him do what he did. My heart aches to think about that. It makes me wish that he shared more of that burden. Of all of the stuff on Shawn's plate, I've gone though much of it. I'm not naive enough to believe I could have changed the outcome, but I can wish can't I?<br />
I really feel like I should end by saying some thing's I'm going to miss about Shawn. First of all, Shawn was a person of simple tastes and he unapologetically liked the things he liked. Whether that was pepper steak or Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat. Shawn was an intelligent person who could hold forth on a lot of subjects and would hold his own in any conversation. I will also admit that when I first met him, due to his distinctive speech and screwy ideas, I thought he was a bit touched. Shawn was a bit screwy. Even though he could hold his own in a conversation, he'd often valiantly defend some hairbrained ideas. That was part of his charm and in no way a flaw. Shawn was the loudest talker I known and it got even worse if he'd had a few drinks. I'm going to miss his too loud conversations at the very important status meeting. I'm also going to miss the way he'd slap your arm with the back of his hand and then gesture to get your attention or make a point. I'm going to miss being the two slowest snowboarders on a snowboard trip and getting left behind by our friends. We'd sit in the snow and catch up on things while we caught our breath. I'm going to miss playing video games with him late into the night. It didn't happen often but it was so much fun. I'm going to miss drinking absinthe with him. I'm going to miss his smile. He was always a light in among the rest of us negative assholes. <br />
Even though he deserves so much more, that's all I can write for the moment. Shawn, we all miss you so much. I hope I get to meet you on the reboot.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-42463382786083976052013-12-26T08:35:00.003-06:002013-12-26T08:35:37.320-06:00Blaise PascalMan is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-32886738898296682732013-09-16T22:46:00.000-05:002013-12-26T08:38:00.703-06:00Scott HanselmanThere are a finite number of keystrokes left in your hands before you die.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-75326045072518824012013-09-16T09:22:00.000-05:002013-09-16T09:22:15.669-05:00E. W. DijkstraComputer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-8827212467850675212013-06-21T06:42:00.001-05:002013-06-21T06:42:02.747-05:00Samuel JohnsonA cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-48757047137421761812013-06-04T10:21:00.000-05:002013-06-04T10:21:00.717-05:00Kurt VonnegutWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-68625938877266451172013-06-04T10:14:00.000-05:002013-06-04T10:14:01.701-05:00The man in the shack who rules the universe.I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More, I cannot say. IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-44046463854835469002013-06-04T10:13:00.000-05:002013-06-04T10:13:31.328-05:00Calvin CoolidgeNothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-73484820334527156842013-05-11T08:44:00.000-05:002013-05-11T08:45:16.766-05:00Elbert Hubbard<br />
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IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-83499984093602996022013-05-10T23:16:00.000-05:002013-05-10T23:16:28.342-05:00Theodore Roosevelt Comparison is the thief of joy.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-69741906002766900782013-05-10T23:02:00.000-05:002013-05-10T23:03:27.660-05:00Charles Bukowski<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><b>Bluebird</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">there's a bluebird in my heart that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">wants to get out</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">but I'm too tough for him,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I say, stay in there, I'm not going</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">to let anybody see</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">there's a bluebird in my heart that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">wants to get out</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">but I pour whiskey on him and inhale</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">cigarette smoke</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">and the whores and the bartenders</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">and the grocery clerks</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">never know that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">he's</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">in there.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">there's a bluebird in my heart that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">wants to get out</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">but I'm too tough for him,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I say,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">stay down, do you want to mess</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">me up? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">you want to screw up the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">works? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">you want to blow my book sales in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Europe? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">there's a bluebird in my heart that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">wants to get out</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">but I'm too clever, I only let him out</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">at night sometimes</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">when everybody's asleep.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I say, I know that you're there,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">so don't be</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">sad.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">then I put him back,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">but he's singing a little</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">in there, I haven't quite let him</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">die</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">and we sleep together like</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">with our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">secret pact</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">and it's nice enough to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">make a man</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">weep, but I don't</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">weep, do</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">you? </span>IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-78361190938379424042013-03-26T09:44:00.002-05:002013-03-26T09:44:26.414-05:00Kid PresidentDon’t Stop Believin’—Unless Your Dream is Stupid, Then Get a Better Dream.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-24973911457924347242013-02-25T10:17:00.002-06:002013-03-26T09:50:13.228-05:00Jules RenardLaziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-14673327132936430602012-08-06T18:36:00.001-05:002012-08-06T18:36:54.951-05:00Mark TwainThere is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing, and predatory as it is–in our country particularly and in all other Christian countries in a somewhat modified degree–it is still a hundred times better than the Christianity of the Bible, with its prodigious crime–the invention of Hell. Measured by our Christianity of to-day, bad as it is, hypocritical as it is, empty and hollow as it is, neither the Deity nor his Son is a Christian, nor qualified for that moderately high place. Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilled.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521212.post-89264563631463064562012-07-26T09:33:00.001-05:002012-07-26T09:33:09.391-05:00Christopher HitchensBeware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.IAmMonkeyBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871482079508396802noreply@blogger.com0