I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three-thousand dollars. That bothered my dad at the time because he didn't have that kind of dough. But he eventually scraped it up.
-- Bob Uecker
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A Totally Redundant Web Log -- Random crapola found on the internets...
Monday, April 27, 2026
Quote of the Day
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Quote of the Day
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
-- Siddhartha Gautama
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Quote of the Day
Diamonds on velvets on goldens on vixen
On comet & cupid on donner & blitzen
On up & away & afar & a go-go
Escape from the weight of your corporate logo!
-- Frank Zappa
Friday, April 24, 2026
Quote of the Day
Saliva causes cancer, but only if swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.
-- George Carlin
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Quote of the Day
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
-- Terry Pratchett (The Truth)
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Quote of the Day
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
-- Philip K. Dick
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Quote of the Day
And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!
-- The Tick
Monday, April 20, 2026
Quote of the Day
Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving.
-- David Letterman
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Quote of the Day
It all happened at the beginning of that turbulent decade known as the eighties. Those were idealistic days: the candidacy of John Anderson, the rise of Supertramp. It was an exciting time to be young.
-- Homer J. Simpson