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4.13.2010

A Couple More Killer Quotes from an Extraordinary Novel

“Hypocrisy is thriving. And its future is even brighter.”

“The mganga* has turned your head.”

“Perhaps,” I replied, “perhaps he has turned my head. But now I know I am looking in the right direction.”

— The Collector of Worlds, A Novel of Sir Richard Francis Burton by Iliya Troyanov

*mganga — medicine man

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2.23.2010

A Truthful Assessment from an Exceptionally Intriguing Novel

“If no one knows the way, anyone can be a guide.”

— Sidi Mubarak Bombay, from The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov Read more »

2.05.2010

Apparently California Hasn’t Cornered the Market on Wit…

“REPUBLICAN — Because Everyone Can’t Be on Welfare”

— Frame on a Nevada license plate Read more »

12.14.2009

Yes, Folks, It’s True: All New Material in the Second Show

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer testifying before the Assembly Budget Committee, of which three of its 27 members were in attendance, at a December 14 interim hearing on California’s level of debt:

“Forecasters were created to make astrologers look good.”

In response to Assemblyman Jim Silva, a Huntington Beach Republican, saying his top spending priorities are public safety, education, health, transportation and water:

“That’s about 98 percent of the budget.” Read more »

12.01.2009

Sound Eerily Familiar? Think ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’

Of War:

“There has never been a just one, never an honorable one – on the part of the instigator of a war. I can see a million years ahead and this rule will never change in so many as half a dozen instances.

The loud little handful – as usual – will shout for the war. Read more »

11.19.2009

There’s a Reason He’s Called “The Great Communicator”

“I’ve been a little disappointed lately with some in the business community who have forgotten that feeding more dollars to government is like feeding a stray pup. It just follows you home and sits on your doorstep asking for more.”

— Ronald Reagan Read more »

11.16.2009