The final belief is to believe in a fiction, which you know to be a fiction, there being nothing else. The exquisite truth is to know that it is a fiction and that you believe in it willingly. — Wallace Stevens Read more →
Author Archive: Paul Epps
Twitter: 2010-11-05
Sometimes homelessness is life's way of saying you need to lose some weight. # RT @pattonoswalt: Sit-ups! Make 'em a habit! #tweetyour16yearoldself # Read more →
Sparky Anderson, 1934-2010
I was a Reds fan as a kid when Sparky was the manager. He’s in the front row center in this photo, wearing a white t-shirt, as a USC batboy in 1948. R.I.P. Sparky. Read more →
Twitter: 2010-11-04
RT @fakerahmemanuel: Got a text from @speakerpelosi. She said she hasn't been fucked from this many angles since her freshman yr at Trinity. # Read more →
Election 2010 Summary
President Obama, I think the American people had a clear message: Get away from the car, you idiot. Now make yourself useful and fetch us some Slurpees. — Frank J. Fleming Read more →
A Chance, Not an Embrace
We make a great mistake if we believe that tonight these results are somehow an embrace of the Republican party. What they are is a second chance, a second chance for Republicans to be what they said they were going to be not so long ago. — Marco Rubio Read more →
Twitter: 2010-11-02
RT @OnSluts: Monday Affirmation: I made it through Halloween without losing my teeth or my self respect. Well, kind of. # Read more →
No Moss
The biggest lesson I’ve learned watching my kid play on sports teams over the years is that talent has a physical component and a mental component, and the mental component is far more important. Players who are physically talented can actually make a team worse if they don’t have their head in the game and they’re just doing their own thing out there. I thought of this as I was reading that the Vikings just cut Randy Moss . . . Read more →
Maurice Lucas, 1952-2010
PORTLAND, Ore. — Maurice Lucas, the fierce power forward known as “The Enforcer” who helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA title, has died after a long fight with bladder cancer. He was 58. — ESPN I enjoyed watching this guy play. Did you know that former Blazer teammate Bill Walton named his son Luke after Lucas? Read more →
I’ll Be Leaving
At least half of your mind is always thinking, I’ll be leaving; this won’t last. It’s a good Buddhist attitude. It prepares you for life as a Buddhist. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I’m just sad. — Anne Carson Read more →
Penis.com
My wife got some promotional pens delivered to the house today from pens.com. Did you ever notice how pens.com looks a lot like penis.com? I wonder if anyone owns the penis.com domain name? Hang on a sec . . . OK, penis.com is taken — but penis.edu is still available! University of Penis! Read more →
Fixing the Automotive Analogy
You have a car stuck in a ditch, so you call the mechanic, but the only tool he brings with him is a sledgehammer. And then he smashes your car to pieces and charges you $100,000 for his service. Finally, he calls you racist for complaining. — Frank J. Fleming Read more →
Twitter: 2010-10-31
RT @theharryshearer: Is problem with modern politics not enough performance art–or too much? # Read more →
Charlie Weis Was Bad but at Least He Never Killed a Kid
How A Notre Dame Student Died, And Why He Shouldn’t Have. Read more →
Boots Of Spanish Leather
Oh, I’m sailin’ away my own true love I’m sailin’ away in the morning Is there something I can send you from across the sea From the place that I’ll be landing? No, there’s nothin’ you can send me, my own true love There’s nothin’ I wish to be ownin’ Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled From across that lonesome ocean Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine Made of silver or of golden Either from the mountains of Madrid Or from the coast of Barcelona Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night And the diamonds from the deepest ocean I’d forsake them all for your sweet kiss For that’s all I’m wishin’ to be ownin’ That I might be gone a long time And it’s only that I’m askin’ Is there something I can send you to remember me by To… Read more →
Spirit of Troy Gameday
Twitter: 2010-10-29
RT @capricecrane: Every time I almost think humanity will be okay, I see someone struggle with the self-checkout for 20 minutes. # RT @serafinowicz: I have two eyebrows, but they're both over the same eye ":( # Read more →
James MacArthur, 1937-2010
He was the last surviving member of the original cast. BOOK ‘EM, DANNO! Read more →
Twitter: 2010-10-28
Like every great point guard, I know how to penetrate and make things happen. # Read more →