Joanne

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If you stew cranberries like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does

People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
Zanthras from Babylon 5: But...at least there is symmetry
Seven of Nine
HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. “Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—” YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. “So we can believe the big ones?” YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
Life in this world,” he said, “is, as it were, a sojourn in a cave. What can we know of reality? For all we see of the true nature of existence is, shall we say, no more than bewildering and amusing shadows cast upon the inner wall of the cave by the unseen blinding light of absolute truth, from which we may or may not deduce some glimmer of veracity, and we as troglodyte seekers of wisdom can only lift our voices to the unseen and say, humbly, ‘Go on, do Deformed Rabbit . . . it’s my favorite.’
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string guy meme
A taco menu
Dump truck with "We could wreck the world" "Jesus saves" on the tailgate
chicken grilled in a cast iron skillet with TJs Garlicy Citrus (sugar free!), Costco gr beans with Morton & Bassett togarashi seasoning, Costco sw pot fries and 1/2 an avocado. I literally eat this almost every day unless I have a burger as the main
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET, CONSECTETUER ADIPISCING ELIT, SED DIAM
A deformed dog with a tiny little derby hat sits in a burning house calmly with a mug on a table and says "This is fine."
I'm a Lectern liked your post • 37m Gripping the lectern like a dying man
laughing nervously What the fuck
the new moon
Extra Fancy Salted Mixed Nuts
it's literally visual
Why is country music like "hot girls in teeny tiny shorts I will make you my wife, bear my children, front porch, family values, casseroles" and female country music is like "opps I killed my husband"
Liz Lemon and Pete
People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
LMAO you were never voting for Jasmine Crockett, stop playing in our faces LOL
Genuine anger was one of the world’s great creative forces. But you had to learn how to control it. That didn’t mean you let it trickle away. It meant you dammed it, carefully, let it develop a working head, let it drown whole valleys of the mind and then, just when the whole structure was about to collapse, opened a tiny pipeline at the base and let the iron-hard stream of wrath power the turbines of revenge.
Magrat would be the first to admit that she had an open mind. It was as open as a field, as open as the sky. No mind could be more open without special surgical implements. And she was always waiting for something to fill it up.
Kyle Rittenhouse
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galvanic
Grouchy Marx
They were holding hands. They always held hands, when they thought they were alone. But it seemed to Polly that they didn’t hold hands like people who were, well, friends. They held hands tightly, as someone who has slipped over a cliff would hold hands with a rescuer, fearing that to let go would be to fall away.
Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social@psychopete.bsky.social Is that soundproofing on the walls?
Around the corner Andrew Wyeth
Sailboat Claude Monet
Marc Chagall
Look at the man behind the seal of the President of the United States, mocking the recollections of a survivor of sexual assault. In my life, I have watched John Kennedy talk on television about missiles in Cuba. I saw Lyndon Johnson look Richard Russell squarely in the eye and and say, "And we shall overcome." I saw Richard Nixon resign and Gerald Ford tell the Congress that our long national nightmare was over. I saw Jimmy Carter talk about malaise and Ronald Reagan talk about a shining city on a hill. I saw George H.W. Bush deliver the eulogy for the Soviet bloc, and Bill Clinton comfort the survivors of Timothy McVeigh's madness in Oklahoma City. I saw George W. Bush struggle to make sense of it all on September 11, 2001, and I saw Barack Obama sing "Amazing Grace" in the wounded sanctuary of Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
George Alec Effinger When Gravity Fails
why are the ranks of conservative movement filled with either the dampest men imaginable or men that look like a desiccated gas station hot dog.
Plastic surgery in the movie Brazil
cat looking at a Christmas tree and ignoring scratching post
Clockwork Orange brainwashing
Carl Sagan: If science were easy they would call it your mom
IT HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF US,” said Owen Meany, when I called him that night. “SHE WAS JUST LIKE OUR WHOLE COUNTRY—NOT QUITE YOUNG ANYMORE, NOT BUT OLD EITHER; A LITTLE BREATHLESS, VERY BEAUTIFUL, MAYBE A LITTLE STUPID, MAYBE A LOT SMARTER THAN SHE SEEMED. AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING—I THINK SHE WANTED TO BE GOOD. LOOK AT THE MEN IN HER LIFE—JOE DIMAGGIO, ARTHUR MILLER, MAYBE THE KENNEDYS. LOOK AT HOW GOOD THEY SEEM! LOOK AT HOW DESIRABLE SHE WAS! THAT’S WHAT SHE WAS: SHE WAS DESIRABLE. SHE WAS FUNNY AND SEXY—AND SHE WAS VULNERABLE, TOO. SHE WAS NEVER QUITE HAPPY, SHE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE OVERWEIGHT. SHE WAS JUST LIKE OUR WHOLE COUNTRY,” he repeated; he was on a roll. I could
"The blossom of the evening" or "The full flower if the evening"?
Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution
Who farted?
Wilt by Tom Sharpe
I never knew she was a devotee of Kierkegaard Those trees are lurking and are about to attack
Molly Roberts: Defense wants gag gifts provided to the officer after the incident included in discovery. One is a plushie sandwich and another is a patch that says, if I heard correctly, "Felony Footlong." Sounds like we won't end up seeing these physically but will hear them described.
Dear Mrs. Thank you for your kind note of support and for your prayers. I am humbled and grateful. I have always found that in prayer we find purpose, strength, and hope for brighter days ahead. We are seeing those brighter days as a Nation, and we may continue to see them as we come together as Americans and for the country we all love. Keep the faith and may God bless you and your family. Sincerely, Joe Biden
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