Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

It was better when we lived in The History of Me. We knew how Me would end -- birth, fun, school, fun, job, fun, family, fun, age, fun, death and then ... probably fun, who knew, who cared? The meaning of this history was not deep but was to be found in the world "fun." Mini-Mes love fun. You could almost say it is their religion, a religion of fun. A funny concept, fun. Fills the space between birth and death. "He was a fun guy" could be a generic epitaph for the era.

Now we find ourselves back in history as it has always been and it is not fun. Not fun at all. The history of history has little to do with fun, almost nothing at all. - Gerard Van Der Leun, On the Return of History

Another of Gerard's typically outstanding efforts, this time from March of 2006 in anticipation of the midterm elections and this year's Presidential debacle race.

Please RTWT, and follow it with this piece from the UK's Daily Mail: Last rites for my dear old mum, a bedside farce and why the rights culture robs us of happiness