April 30, 2023
April 29, 2023
Not 'news' headline of the moment
'Mysterious lights' seen hovering in night sky over Las Vegas valley
--KTLA.com
Quote of the moment
Equine art lives in many airports: Seattle and San Francisco have bronze horses shaped like driftwood, Central Illinois has wire horses suspended from the ceiling, Tucson has a winged horse and Barcelona has a burly horse.
None of them have a horse like Blucifer.
Rearing 32 feet tall in a median outside Denver International Airport, the cobalt-colored, demon-eyed, vein-streaked steed has terrified travelers and mobilized conspiracy theorists since it arrived 15 years ago. First, though, it killed its creator.
--Tiffany Hsu
Quote of the moment
Panicking is not an excuse for leaving someone to die in the street.
--Erin Breen
April 28, 2023
Quote of the moment
You learn to measure long before you know the size, or value, of anything.
--Michelle Obama
April 27, 2023
Quote off the moment
In the wake of death everything seems absurd and inappropriate.
--Michelle Obama
April 26, 2023
Crummy headline of the moment
USDA proposes declaring Salmonella an adulterant In breaded, stuffed raw chicken
April 25, 2023
Ad of the moment
Lighter than air,
Stronger than whiskey,
Cheaper than dust!
--Glidden wire
(First barbed wire)
Trivium of the moment
By 1959 Harry Belafonte was the most highly paid Black performer in history.
--NYT
April 24, 2023
Quote of the moment
Life with Barak would never be dull... It would be some version of banana yellow and slightly hair raising.
--Michelle Obama
Putting it mildly quote of the moment
[There Wild West Gambling Hall] has been, shall we say, a value casino for years.
--John Kasilometes
April 23, 2023
Quote of the moment
You can gain as much from the experience of boredom as you can from the experience of ecstasy.
--Mark Muesse
April 21, 2023
April 20, 2023
Guest haiku of the moment
Blue and gray skies mount
Wide striped peaks of red and green
Bands of snow... or clouds?
--The Accomplice
Quote of the moment
Habitual thinking significantly determines what we think, feel and perceive.
--Mark Muesse
Opening article paragraph of the moment
To walk among the observatory domes of the Atacama Desert is to brush your hair with the stars.
--Dennis Overbye
April 19, 2023
April 18, 2023
April 17, 2023
No pun intended quote of the moment
Akiya are increasingly seen not just as a threat to suburban and rural markets, but to the emotional health of the country, sparking family disputes over inherited properties. That, in turn, has led to a ***cottage industry*** of akiya consultants like Takamitsu Wada, the chief executive of Akiya Katsuyo, who acts as a counselor for squabbling relatives, often urging them to act before their properties become a lost cause.
--Tim Hornyak
*** my emphasis.
April 16, 2023
Quote of the moment
Decline can be a hard thing to measure, especially when you're in the midst of it.
--Michelle Obama
Quote of the moment
It feels a bit ironic to have gone on a frenetic, slightly disappointing chase after a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be reminded that so much of life's beauty resides in the everyday and the repetitive; the slow, steady heartbeat of domesticity.
--Emma Beddington
Quote of the moment
It's hard not to get a touch of vertigo thinking about finite time and infinite possibility.
--Emma Beddington
April 14, 2023
Battling headlines of the moment
April 13, 2023
Beauregard article teaser of the moment¹
75 blueberries a day could help keep the brain healthy
¹on my G news feed there's listings of the articles lying in wait...
The headline of the ACTUAL article here is
A daily dose of blueberries could improve cognitive and cardiovascular health
Slow news in tridemic headline of the moment
Virginia Fifth Grader Is Celebrated for Spotting Textbook's Error
--NYT.com
Dante in Denver Headline of the Moment
Denver weather: Fire risk Thursday, cool rain-snow mix Friday
--kdvr.com
SlaveTaster quote of the moment
Health officials in Valencia confirmed to local media that 44 diners invited to a recording of the MasterChef program on Jan. 19 suffered food poisoning.
April 12, 2023
So THAT'S why quote of the moment
What we have discovered is — and this is why women are not small men — estrogen and the fluctuation in hormonal levels affects the vascular supply.
--Jennifer Mieres
April 10, 2023
April 07, 2023
April 06, 2023
Quote of the moment
The highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards.
--Richard Durbin
Quote of the moment
[The Cup Noodles Breakfast] looks blurry, but that's because it's coated in some kind of syrup fuzz.
--Heather Martin
Quote of the moment
As the Peeps proceed along the conveyor belt, they enter what the company calls a sugar shower— although it's actually more like a sugar dust storm.
--Kevin Dupzyk
April 05, 2023
April 04, 2023
April 03, 2023
Quote of the moment
I want everyone to appreciate the joy and wonder of every single moment of their lives. We should be astonished that we are here when we look around at the exquisite wonder and beauty of everything. I think everyone has a sense of that already. It's leaning into that more fully. There is a reason every day to celebrate that we're alive, that we have another day to explore whatever this gift is of being conscious, of being aware, of being aware that we are aware.
--Roland Griffiths
April 02, 2023
Quote of the moment
Playing God with French fries can have some unexpected consequences.
--Oona McGee