Rev. Joe Dirt, Author at Curmudgeon Alley

1999/03/082017/03/19

Quote for the Day – E. M. Forster

“Putting her head on one side, Margaret then remarked, “To me one of two things is very clear; either God does not know his own mind about England and Germany, or else these do not know the mind of God.” A hateful little girl, but at thirteen she had grasped a dilemma that most people travel through life without perceiving.” ~~ E. M. Forster in Howards End

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1999/03/042019/04/01

Quote for the Day – Lewis Carroll

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” ~~Lewis Carroll

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1999/03/042017/03/08

Vanity Plate for the Day – YGA GRL

YGA GRL

This was on the back of one of the big Hummers. Yoga Girl is really into taking care of “me, me, me” and to hell with the environment.

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1999/03/012017/03/08

Quote for the Day – E. M. Forster

“To my mind. You use the intellect, but you no longer care about it. That I call stupidity.” As the haughty nephew did not follow, he continued, “You only care about the’ things that you can use, and therefore arrange them in the following order: Money, supremely useful; intellect, rather useful; imagination, of no use at all. No” ~~ E. M. Forster in Howards End

1999/02/252020/02/28

Word of the Day – Shebeen

Noun: Shebeen
1. an unlicensed or illegally operated drinking establishment
Synonyms:
1. bar
2. saloon
3. speakeasy
Usage:
1. “In 2016, I decided to make it a custom here at the shebeen to reveal the candidate for whom I voted in the Democratic primary election because a) I think it’s right to be transparent about such things, especially in a format dedicated primarily to opinion, and b) because why the hell not?” ~ Charles P. Pierce
Encountered:
1. Esquire opinion piece by Charles P. Pierce –I Went Over to City Hall This Afternoon and Voted for Elizabeth Warren for President

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1999/02/242020/03/12

Quote for the Day — Nicholas Kristof

“One of the things you learn as a journalist is that when there’s no accountability, we humans are capable of tremendous avarice and venality.” ~ Nicholas Kristof

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1999/02/242019/03/04

Quote for the Day – Mark Twain

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” ~~Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad