5.10.2007

On the historic occasion...

of my 36th birthday, I offer a few quotations from others who were also born on this day:

Karl Barth, Swedish theologian: 'Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.'

Bono, rocker/humanitarian: 'It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.'

Fred Astaire, nimbletoes: 'The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.'

Homer Simpson, idiot: 'You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.'

Sid Vicious, punk: 'Well, you know, like, I don't really give a fuck what the general public think.