Things have been getting a little serious, what with this Stepping in the Same River business and Musings on Gurgi , so I’m going to add a little levity.  I was just reading the funny phrases on the back cover of my notebook, and I thought I’d share some of the faves. 

“I don’t know.   I’m not, like, a professional smellologist.”  — Dick Casablancas on Veronica Mars

“…and he doesn’t demand apologies from people who criticize him, because what is there to criticize?”  — Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! Host Peter Sagol, on Carl Kassel

(or is it Karl Cassel?  And am I going to be divorced for not knowing?)

“I had to be very mature and very tolerant, and those are not my usual qualities.”  — Someone Benedictus, on the experience of writing a new Winnie the Pooh Story

“Milkshakes!”  Ariana snapped to attention.  “Double back.  We need to get some milkshakes.”  — New York Times Article on driving the Oregon Fruit Loop, where you can get fresh cherries

“Managed to avoid the hoyden Emily Thompkinson, who has purloined my creation and added things of her own. Nefarious Creature!”

–From Emma Thompson’s Golden Globe acceptance speech, in the style of Jane Austen, for adapting Sense and Sensibility

I hope you enjoyed.  They certainly cheered me up!