March 30, 2020
As a rule, I do not have sex while not sober, or with persons who are not sober—no judgment toward those who negotiate to do so, but we had not discussed it.
-"ParTy's Over"
Quote of the moment
But the dream of class mobility dissipates when society locks down, the economy stalls, the death count mounts and everyone's future is frozen inside their own crowded apartment or palatial mansion.
--Amanda Hess
_Your_Joke_Goes_Here_ headline of the moment
Uranus Ejected a Giant Plasma Bubble During Voyager 2's Visit
--NYT
March 29, 2020
You don't see me living there headline of the moment
Here's Why Californians Are Getting Reamed At The Gas Pump Despite Rock-Bottom Oil Prices
March 28, 2020
Immediate quote of the moment
On Wednesday, TSA agents screened 239,234 individuals; the same day a year ago, that number was 2,273,811.
--Chris McGinnis
I'm not that desperate headline of the moment
The Best Movies to Watch Right Now, According to the GQ Editor
--GQ
(Note: no black and white films listed. Because, honestly, what's interesting about a world before computers. )
March 27, 2020
Thinking like a three year old quote of the moment!
There's so much to touch and grab at the grocery store – shopping carts, freezer door handles, cardboard boxes and plastic packaging.
--BRENT SCHROTENBOER
March 26, 2020
Paragraphs of the moment
There's nothing unusual about an $18 to $20 gourmet pizza from an upscale wine bar. But there's definitely something unusual about passing off a $2 to $2.50 frozen pizza from Costco as an $18 to $20 gourmet pizza from an upscale wine bar.
--Irene Jiang
March 25, 2020
March 24, 2020
The Easter bunny certainly IS real headline of the moment
Trump says he wants the country 'opened up and just raring to go by Easter,' despite health experts' warnings
--cnn.com
<ed: it's possible that headline, right there, may curtail my headline regurgitation. Thank you, CNN for having me reconsider how I live my life. >
We don't need no stinking Alfonso Bedoya website quote of the moment
Moviefone was bought at auction last week by "Born In Cleveland LLC," a company without a website, for $1,075,000 according to court documents.
--Jordan Valinsky
March 23, 2020
Possible story beginning partial quote of the moment
"On the very first day of this accursed year..."
--Robin Andrews
Must read interview
Best interview I've seen about the Cv. If you're reading this, you must read...
March 22, 2020
Quote of the moment
Economic data in the near future will be not just bad, but unrecognizable.
--James Sweeney
Quote of the moment
"I don't think that anybody should second guess the government's actions. This has been moving very quickly and I think we've responded appropriately."
--Steve Mnuchin
Alliterative quote of the moment
In real estate, <Donald Trump> found he could overcome crises by bluffing his way past regulators, bullying the bankers and bamboozling the tabloids.
--NYT
Partial quote of the moment
...you can't brag or bluster your way out of people dying.
--Michael D'Antonio
Sic quote of the moment
Motley Crue's Tommy Lee's Wife Says All We Need Is Masturbate In These Quarantine Days
Quote of the moment
We're at peak uncertainty.
--JJ Miller, president Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers and Consultants
Quote of the moment
Your risk of mortality increases every day that you spend on a ventilator.
--LA respiratory therapist
Quote of the moment
With all the coronavirus patients, we've had to restrain them. They really hyperventilate, really struggle to breathe.
--LA respiratory therapist
March 21, 2020
Quote of the moment
...we should remember that the novel coronavirus is very contagious (an infected person will infect 2 to 2.5 others on average, versus about 1.3 others with the flu), and there is evidence that people who have only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all are helping spread the disease.
--Dylan Scott
March 20, 2020
Box cutters threatening AGAIN headline of the moment
When Stocking Grocery Shelves Turns Dangerous
--NYT
Amazon Stop quote of the moment
"Workers in food stores are the ones keeping this nation from going into civil unrest, because if there is no one working in the stores, we are in trouble."
--John Niccollai
Impossible headline of the moment
US could see lowest gas prices in history: Analyst
--and we expect so much from foxbusniess.com
(Comparison https://images.app.goo.gl/HdQS4SoGv7QcPLxS9... don't talk to me about inflation)
Friend quote of the moment
As a good friend used to say, the risks of not eating still outweigh the risks of eating.
--Dan Schaffner
March 19, 2020
Looking for someone to boycott? headline of the moment
GameStop Instructs Employees to Ignore Law Enforcement And Not Shut Down
--vice.com
Good thing you weren't cooking a turkey headline of the moment
In the Time it Takes to Boil Instant Rice, Cirque du Soleil's CEO Fired Thousands of Employees via Bizarre Video
The question isn't really "how" headline of the moment
How Crispy Cajun Pig Head Is Made by New Orleans Chefs
Burden your ghost headline of the moment
Dear Abby: I can't forgive my boyfriend for the way he died
Duuuude headline of the moment
Amid Coronavirus, San Francisco, New York, Deem Marijuana Businesses 'Essential'
--NPR.org
March 18, 2020
Overly optimistic quote of the moment?
It could be weeks or months before [a restaurant owner] reopens, assuming things ever get back to normal.
--David Ingram
'Everythis out of our control': San Francisco eases into lockdown
No hand sanitizer needed headline of the moment
"Las Vegas strip club to offer drive-thru peep shows"
--LVRJ
So that's how solder is made headline of the moment
In a Time of Crisis, a Panicked Nation Comes Together to Watch Nu-Metal Band Trapt Melt Down on Twitter
Relative difficulty quote of the moment
"Your grandparents were called to war. You're being called to sit on your couch. You can do this."
--unknown
Crack smoking headline of the moment
Oil prices could fall below zero: Analyst
{Reader tip: If you ever go to a gas station and the attendant asks you to roll up all windows on your car but one, pull away. }
Quote of the moment
I put it in a thing and I bring out all the bad stuff. And I serve it up to everyone so that they'll give me attention. And it poisons everyone, so they only listen to it when they're in fucked-up places—and it's a good sign when they stop listening to me, because that means that they're not hurting themselves on purpose.
--Fiona Apple
March 17, 2020
But Santa, I was expecting a BETTER present headline of the moment
What you're seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present
Allllmost dog and pony headline of the moment
Arnold Schwarzenegger shared a warning about social distancing while spending time with his miniature donkey and pony
Slapping at arm's length headline of the moment
San Franciscans Brawl Over Social Distance at Local Grocery Store
Emergency essentials observational quote of the moment
Chicken. They all want chicken. And toilet paper.
--Bernadette Melvin
March 16, 2020
Sluice through the dope for the nugget quote of the moment
Inside the word 'emergency' is 'emerge'; from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters.
--Rebecca Solnit
March 15, 2020
Viral free Disney guarantee headline of the moment
Disney Parks Are Closing, But Online Ride-Throughs Remain Open and Excellent
Out there headline of the moment
Astronomers discover scorching hot planet where it rains liquid iron
--CBSnews.com
March 14, 2020
March 13, 2020
Quote of the moment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people who are 60 and older [...] stay at home as much as possible.
--Kyle Feldscher
Outside Bill's Brain headline of the moment
Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft, Berkshire boards
--USAtoday.com
Frenzied quote of the moment
Chocolate hummus is the canary in the coal mine. If you see it selling out, it's time to start fleeing into the woods.
--Aaron Mak
March 12, 2020
_Your_Rude_Comment_Goes_Here_ headline of the moment
Student suspended from school for selling 'squirts' of hand sanitizer to classmates
Non sequitur headline of the moment
Tom Hanks Got Sick in Australia, Where Coronavirus Testing Isn't Such a Hassle
--NYT
Parenthetical of the moment
(Garry Winogrand left behind 2500 rolls of undeveloped film when he died, and another 6500 which he'd developed but hadn't had a chance to look at.)
--Jim Lewis
March 11, 2020
Important quote of the moment
I'll be making some decisions. I've already made some decisions, actually, today, but I'll be making some other ones that are very important.
--Donald Trump
March 10, 2020
Un-scared quote of the moment
Remember, too, that quarantine is not the zombie apocalypse, and society will not experience a complete and utter breakdown.
--Elizabeth Heath
March 09, 2020
Quote of the moment
I'm not even really a Democrat, I just vote not-Republican. Democrats are like condoms to me. I mean, I'll use them because it's safer, I guess. But it doesn't feel good.
--Michael Che
Datum of the moment
Farmers are the most likely American occupation to die by suicide.
--Center for Disease Control
March 08, 2020
I'm looking BEYOND you two, Barry Manilow and Alice Cooper quote of the moment
CNOES identified the incoming asteroid as 52768 (1998 OR2). As noted by the agency, this asteroid is currently moving at a speed of almost 20,000 miles per hour. It has an estimated diameter of 4.1 kilometers, which is equivalent to 13,451 feet. This makes the asteroid longer than the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
--Inigo Monzon
Rage rag quote of the moment
Essentially, when you look at cells in the circuitry of the brain, every reactivity is simply a group of cells performing their function. From the moment you have the thought that there's a threat and that circuit of fear gets triggered, it will stimulate the emotional circuitry related to it, which is the fight or flight reaction. That will trigger a physiological dump-age of nor-epinephrine or anger into the blood stream. It will flush through you and flush out of you in less than 90 seconds. From the moment you think the thought that triggers that whole cascade of events to the chemical being flushed out of you completely, takes less than 90 seconds. Next time you feel yourself triggered, look at the second hand on a watch. As soon as you look at it, you're now observing yourself having this physiological response instead of engaging with it. It will take less than 90 seconds, and you will feel better. Of course, you can always go back to thinking those thoughts that re-stimulate the loop. There's probably a thought somewhere in your brain of somebody who did you wrong 20 years ago. Every time you think of that person it still starts that circuit.
--Jill Bolte Taylor
March 07, 2020
Quote of the moment
I'm pretty sure that people are saying they are keeping a bottle of Tito's Vodka on their desk as a coronavirus hand sanitizer when they really just want to have a bottle of vodka at their desk so they can drink it.
--paulsacca (sic)
Quote of the moment
Being able to buy something is pretty damn important to a lot of people who can't afford it.
--Justin Farrell
March 06, 2020
When cosmetics don't work quite right headline of the moment
Mary Kay Letourneau Is 'Feeling Kind of Lost' After Split From Husband She Once Sexually Abused
I hope they know how to fix it headline of the moment
Scientists break Google's quantum algorithm
--Phys.org
Quote of the moment
President Donald Trump has an odd habit of confirming critics' worst fears about him by just blurting out his inner feelings.
--Cody Fenwick
Sequencing quote of the moment
This isn't the first time Wendy's has tried this before.
--Joey Morona
(ed: A name I did not make up. )
Quote of the moment
Trump administration coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx told reporters Wednesday that data from Italy show the median age of virus sufferers is 60 and the median age of those who die is 81. Trump is 73.
--Steven Nelson
Risky quote of the moment
If you have concerns about what may happen traveling to your destination, that isn't insurable. Because underwriters are pricing risk. They can't price the risk of fear.
--Stan Sandberg
March 05, 2020
What the word that comes after 'the' really means quote of the moment
I'd be really bummed if [this is] the beginning of the end, because I've got a lot of things I'm working on.
--Waris Ahluwalia
March 03, 2020
Take her to the tower! Headline of the moment
Meghan Markle is Playing a 'Dangerous Game' and the Royal Family 'Will Only Take So Much,' Senior Royal Advisor Claims
"Statistics at work" quote of the moment
If you give all those taking the SAT 1000 points for filling in their names correctly, SAT scores will rise dramatically.
--Jonah Goldberg
Quote of the moment
On Sunday night, students and members of the greater State College, Pennsylvania community gathered in front of their shuttered Taco Bell to pay their final respects to a local institution. The event was organized on Facebook by Penn State University senior Prajesh Patel, who promised that there would be "special appearances by the Nittanyville trophy and Taco Bell staff" and who, according to student newspaper The Collegian, led the vigil through its moments of grief and reflection while dressed as a giant taco.
--Allison Robicelli
March 02, 2020
March 01, 2020
Self fulfilling headline of the moment
Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism
--NYT.com