Quotes "Headhunters" | Christie Brinkley

I picked up some Jo Nexbø paperbacks at a garage sale on the morning of the computer science final two weeks ago. "Headhunters" has yielded two quotes in the first 50 pages:

"The lease had been signed, the extensive decoration work was under way and our financial ruin secured." (p 34)

"An artist who maintains that he has been misunderstood is almost always a bad artist who, I'm afraid to say this, has been understood." (p 41)

Asasellobulgakov made this comment on 5/27/2012 to a YouTube video of Andres Segovia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA) "Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

I like it!

WWJD = "Who Wants Jelly Donuts/Jack Daniels"

Zombies hate fast food.

A comment on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReW9uUYm-DA, John Fahey - Poor Boys Long Way From Home:

"I'll give you a little tip about the blues, folks: it's not enough to know which notes to play. You need to know why they need to be played" - George Carlin

cicerone - a person who conducts and informs sightseers (C18: from Italian: antiquarian scholar, guide, after Cicero, alluding to the eloquence and erudition of these men)

Newsday, the Long Island paper carried a story about a contest over child support payments between Christie Brinkley and her former husband, Peter Cook.

At one point in the hallway, Brinkley responded to a remark made by Cook's new wife, Suzanne, by putting her hand on her shoulder and telling her, "When you find out he's been cheating on you, I'll be here for you. 

"You need to get a new line," Suzanne Cook told Brinkley."

I've imagined hypothetical catty exchanges between a hypothetical former significant and current other who refuses to rise to the bait:

Former: "By the time we broke up he wasn't much in bed."
Current: "Maybe he's taken lessons."

Former: "After we broke up I learned how good lovemaking could be."

Current: "I must have lower standards."

A comment on Ana Popovic's performance at the 2010 Montreal Jazz Festival icarusdescending881 wrote

"When Ana can roll over Crossroads, I'll sell my house, go find her, and follow her everywhere... Oh, wait, they arrest guys for that now."

"Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated." - virang21 (http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=4316769#xx4316769xx)

The words of the Prophet used to be written on the subway walls.  Now they're on T-shirts (snorgtees.com/t-shirts):

• There's a fine line between Numberator and Denominator.
• If it weren't for law enforcement and physics I'd be unstoppable.
• The name Pavlov rings a bell.
• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ... And spiders.
• I survived the Rapture.
• If you can't be a good example be a warning.

And from an interview with Leonard Lopate on WNYC, Daniel Okrent, creator, and two cast members from "Old Jews Telling Jokes":

Wife: What are you going to do today?
Husband: Nothing.
Wife:  Nothing?  That's what you did yesterday.
Husband: I didn't finish.

Bad Idea T-shirts

Bad Idea T-shirts provided a bit of joy this weekend. Our society has been criticized for getting its wisdom from bumper stickers and T-shirts. This post isn't going to help.  The graphics aren't particularly good, but I liked some of what I saw:

"Some people are like Slinkies: They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs."

What color does a Smurf turn when you choke it?

"DADD: Dads Against Daughters Dating - Shoot the first one and the word gets around"

Is this is a corollary to Dan Hedaya's line in Clueless? IMDB lists the quote as "Anything happens to my daughter, I got a .45 and a shovel, I doubt anybody would miss you." I prefer the way I remember it: "I've got a .45 and a shovel. I know how to use both."

And while stumbling through the quotes for Clueless I tripped over this exchange:
 
Cher: If it's a concussion, you have to keep her conscious, okay? Ask her questions.
Elton: What's seven times seven?
Cher: Stuff she knows.



When I sent a friend in western Virginia the "paddle faster" image he responded that it was a common bumper stickers around there.  It made him nervous.