QOD

This blog purely for my own amusement. I like to start the day with a quote, be it amusing, inspiration, or simply something that caught my fancy.

On occasion, I might also include some commentary on the day's crossword puzzle that is published in the Los Angeles Times.

Friday 6 May 2011

Friday, May 6, 2011

QOD: Dear Future Generations: Please accept our apologies. We were roaring drunk on petroleum. ~ Kurt Vonnegut (Nov. 11, 1922 ~ Apr. 11, 2007)

Thursday 5 May 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011

QOD: Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers. ~ Alan King (Dec. 26, 1927 ~ May 9, 2004)

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

QOD: It's hard to tell the truth, for although there is one, it is alive and constantly changes its face. ~ Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 ~ June 3, 1924)

Tuesday 3 May 2011

Tuesday May 3, 2011

QOD: Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks. ~ Henri Bergson (né Henri-Louis Bergson; Oct. 18, 1859 ~ Jan. 4, 1941)

Monday 2 May 2011

Monday, May 2, 2011

QOD: Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.  ~  Kin Hubbard (né Frank McKinney Hubbard; Sept. 1, 1868 ~ Dec. 26, 1930)

Sunday 1 May 2011

Sunday, May 1, 2011

QOD: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~ Anne Bradstreet (née Anne Dudley; Mar. 20, 1612 ~ Sept. 16, 1762)