July 31, 2023
Correcting vibe quote of the moment
Barbie has helped me graduate out of a cycle of overextending myself into spaces or around people I don't truly resonate with, to get myself back to discovering what I want out of life.
--Theresa Arzate
Pithy quote of the moment
'Big farmer' has changed our digestive capabilities… and that's just one of the reasons why you can't eat like a caveman.
--Giles Yeo
July 30, 2023
Quote of the moment
'Authenticity' is not about just being unrestrained and doing whatever we want to do.
--Andy Puddicombe
Quote of the moment
You know, at the inner table of human knowing we all have an empiricist, a logician, an intuitive, a mystic, and a skeptic.
--Rachel Martin
July 29, 2023
Uncertainty quote of the moment
"The condition of the customer and his beer are unclear but both were believed to be free of serious injury."
--"Master Blaster"
July 28, 2023
Quote of the moment
Either I am going mad or there is a definite conspiracy afoot in the world; a conspiracy of fatness and blindness...backed up by a sinister mindless kind of reasoning that is only necessary to justify what is already a fact, and will always be a fact.
--HS Thompson
Columbia
1962
July 27, 2023
Headline for people who Just Don't Get It of the moment
What's a Plant-Based Diet? Here's What You Need to Know to Eat Less Meat.
--NYT
Quote of the moment
It is an odd situation when the best that can happen to a man is arrive in Colombia with $5.
--H Thompson
July 26, 2023
Distilled truth quote of the moment
You can't go on the internet and watch videos on how to live off the grid, and then actually do it, if you have no experience. You just can't do that.
--Trevala Jara
July 25, 2023
Quote of the moment
As long there's a sense waiting, there's a sense of expectation. As long as there's a sense of expectation, then what we're doing is not being really fully present in the moment.
--Andy Puddicombe
July 24, 2023
Ominous presidential chef sentence of the moment
This is not the first time a chef for a former American president has died in a sudden manner.
--Remy Tumin
July 22, 2023
Quote of the moment
It's more likely that The Church is not a place, but a practice. The practice becomes a place.
--Bono
No of the moment
In a word: no. In slightly more words: Jesus Christ no, absolutely not, what a terrible, terrible idea this is. Reader, do not attempt Barbenheimer. Or at least, if you do decide to do Barbenheimer, please don't do it in the order I went to see it. If you take anything from this, it's that you should really go and see Barbie first. Because otherwise, and I'm talking from very recent first-hand experience, the effect is a little like having your mother's funeral invaded by a flashmob of parking circus clowns. Which, you know, isn't exactly ideal.
--Stuart Heritage
July 21, 2023
Quote of the moment
What's the point of a conversation with someone who has already made up their mind?
--Bono
Partial quote of the moment
"...when Hellboy enters the chat, you know it's not going to end gently."
--Angela Watercutter
July 20, 2023
'A: "Bread and cheese"' headline of the moment
"What does a Burger King Whopper with nothing but 20 slices of cheese taste like?"
Quote of the moment
Maybe there are some arguments that, just by being in them, you've already lost.
--Bono
Quote of the moment
If the acronyms make us feel less than smart, then the people who come up with them are not smart enough.
--Bono
Demographic of the moment
More Africans (650,000,000) have mobile phones than Americans or Europeans.
July 18, 2023
July 17, 2023
Partial quote of the moment
...you need to feel reasonably good about yourself before you can be kind.
--John McEnroe
Life path reflection of the moment
It kind of went in the wrong direction to happiness.
--Tatum O'Neal
July 16, 2023
July 13, 2023
Couplet of the moment
...fragile ambiguities...
--Kai Bird
(Toward the end of American Prometheus -- describing a review of a commencement speech by Oppie post review board questioning)
July 12, 2023
Simple size explanation quote of the moment
How long is 19 feet? It's about the average height of an adult giraffe.
--Chad Gillis
(Cleverly explaining length with height measurements)
July 11, 2023
Narrowing the definition of 'popular' quote of the moment
Mega-popular German grocery chain, once planned for Alabama, closing 5 stores
--al.com
July 10, 2023
Awkwardly worded quote of the moment
Once inside, a disappointed Indiana Jones fan you will not be.
--Dan Daru
Datum of the moment
10% of people in the U.S. will have a kidney stone at some point in their lives
--National Kidney Foundation
July 09, 2023
There's gotta be a downside quote of the moment
Many aging baby boomers have long histories with drugs, cannabis and alcohol.
--Paula Span
July 06, 2023
Quote of the moment
Your brain keeps the score and your body is the scorecard.
--Lisa Feldman Barrett
Fact of the moment
From sheep to pigs to cows, domesticated animals have smaller relative brain sizes compared to their wild counterparts—a phenomenon known as the domestication effect.
--Max Planck Society
July 04, 2023
July 03, 2023
Datum of the moment
1 in 5 people in the US will have skin cancer in their lifetime.
--American Academy of Dermatology Association
July 02, 2023
Quote of the moment
Deep water diving in a pocket submarine is the only extreme activity accessible to anyone in good health, without training and regardless of age.
--Paul-Henri Nargeolet