A Well Turned Phrase

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Stephen is out of action this week, laid low by some unknown virus. And, like a lot of people, he’s gone into a temporary hibernation — a pestilent torpor, punctuated by groans, sugary treats, and Apple TV. He’s retreated into the warm, snuggly comfort of his sick cave. A place, I imagine, not unlike a Neanderthal’s home.

—Big Think

(She) was enthusiastically heterosexual.

—Eccentric Lives, The Daily Telegraph Book of 21st Century Obituaries.

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
—William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984)

Washington is a large assisted living community full of rich people who believe the world can’t get along without them and will never have to.

—Scott Galloway

Post Halloween School Instructions

I know the day after Halloween is extra hard when you're trying to get your kids up and ready for school. Because dressing a hungover, raging pterodactyl is not fun. But PLEASE do NOT bribe the groggy elementary goblins with trick or treat candy and send them to school with two fistfuls of Pixy Stix and a wish. We

It is useful to read certain authors before one realizes – either through one’s own or others’ critical diktats – that they should not in fact be read. Kipling floats in and out of fashion. When I encountered him I imagine he was pretty much out, but Just So Stories and the Jungle Books (titles whose destruction by Disney’s huns