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, 2 September 2011

Friday, September 2, 2011

QOD: A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when he comes to it. ~ Oscar Levant (Dec. 27, 1906 ~ Aug. 14, 1972)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

QOD: He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. ~ Edgar R. Fiedler (né Edgar Russell Fiedler, Apr. 21, 1929 ~ Mar. 15, 2003)

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

QOD: Fame is the sum of misapprehensions that accrue around a name. ~ Rainier Maria Rilke (Dec. 4, 1875 ~ Dec. 29, 1926), Austrian poet

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

QOD: Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else.  ~   Will Rogers (né William Penn Adair Rogers; Nov. 4, 1879 ~ Aug. 15, 1935)

Monday, 29 August 2011

Monday, August 29, 2011

QOD: Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. ~ Thomas A. Edison (né Thomas Alva Edison; Feb. 11, 1847 ~ Oct. 18, 1931)

Today marks 6 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana.

Sunday, 28 August 2011

Sunday, August 28, 2011

QOD: Housework, if you do it right, will kill you. ~ Erma Bombeck (née Erma Louise Bombeck; Feb. 21, 1927 ~ Apr. 22, 1996 )