Academia.edu reposts a 2003 OXFAM report for some damn reason. [More]
Longtimers will remember we had some fun with OXFAM a while back.
Allow me to make a briefer case AGAINST tough international arms control:
No. Your move.
And I always crack a smile when I see these pop up:
If the dean who threatened to expel me unless I shaped up could see me now…
Ron white had some thoughts on the subject of “You’ll never amount to ….”
‘On my way to Alaska, somebody suggested that I watch this movie, which I did. It’s called Grizzly Man, and if you get a chance, watch it. It’s very entertaining. It’s about this guy, a never-do-well out-of-work-actor, who tries to reinvent himself as a filmmaker, and he goes to “grizzly land” and shoots this amazing footage, which was later compiled by Werner Herzog. And, about halfway through the movie, this guy snaps and thinks he’s at one with the grizzly bears, and grizzly bears, he says, not only have the capacity for intellect, they have the capacity for sympathy…and then one of them eats him…FUNNIEST movie I’ve ever seen in my life. I laughed ’till I thought I was going to throw up! [Mimics laughing uproariously] “The bear ate him! That’s rich!” And I wondered if this guy’s dad, like my dad, ever said to him, “You’re never gonna be shit!” [Audience laughs] “Well, you’re wrong, poppa. Tomorrow morning, when this bear pushes me through his bowels, I’ll be a steaming pile of bear-shit. I hope you’re proud, daddy. You have no idea what I had to go through to make your dreams come true. I had to be digested. You know what that’s like, daddy? I suppose you don’t.” ‘