stand up

egghead, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Imagine the Creator as a stand up comedian - and at once the world becomes explicable.

-- Henry Louis Mencken

two things

question: what do squirrels make when they play in the snow?, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.

-- Adam Lindsay Gordon,
from Fytte VIII
Finis Exoptatus
[A Metaphysical Song]

opportunity

split greens, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

-- Mark Twain

womanhood

hearts and crossbones, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.

-- Elizabeth Taylor

verification

pregame net check, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

-- Bertrand Russell