October 2011
9 posts
2 tags
“He smiled his first smile of the day. He probably allowed himself four.”
– Raymond Chandler: Farewell, My Lovely
2 tags
2 tags
2 tags
1 tag
— Do you mind if I disturb you for a moment, sir? — No, no, not at all. My diary’s pretty empty this week. Let’s see… Thursday morning: get shot. Yes, that’s about it, actually.
1 tag
2 tags
A Single Man
At the thought of Christmas, George feels a chill of desperation. Maybe he’ll do something drastic; take a plane to Mexico City and be drunk for a week and run wild around the bars. You won’t, and you never will, a voice says, coldly bored with him.
1 tag
2 tags
QI H-14
— So, Graham, would you like to read your joke?
— Did you write these, Stephen?
— Are they good?
— It just sounds like something you might write. Knock-knock…
— Who’s there?
— To.
— To who?
— To whom, surely.
June 2010
3 posts
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
May 2010
5 posts
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
“Nature Morte”, Joseph Brodsky
1 tag
1 tag
April 2010
4 posts
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
March 2010
7 posts
1 tag
1 tag
Life on Mars
Gene: What the bloody hell are you playing at?
Sam: Bit of 'good cop, bad cop'.
Gene: No, no, no, no, you're more like a absolutely gorgeous cop.
2 tags
3 tags
1 tag
February 2010
1 post
1 tag
January 2010
20 posts
“I went to see Bob Dylan last year, who I think is absolutely incredible, but he...”
– Roger Daltrey, 1994
1 tag
“Some people have a cross in their home, or a mezuzah on their doorjamb. I’ve got...”
– Edan Lepucki
2 tags
1 tag
I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
December 2009
50 posts
1 tag
