On Looking Good

I just finished reading Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz. It was a bit of a stream of consciousness book — not an easy read for a guy who likes his prose tight as a drum. I gave it two stars on Goodreads.com. Frankly I did not enjoy the read at all (forgive my use of the term “enjoy” given the subject matter, but I’m at a loss for the appropriate term.) It did have one reasonably good line, however:

A respectable appearance is the best guarantee of being respected.

In his case being respected was a heck of a lot more important than today, but the line still resonates.

Why Didn’t I Think of This

This from my friend Michael Anderson on his Facebook page today:

A smoking section in a restaurant is like a peeing section in a pool.

Uh, dad, maybe I should use the bathroom instead . . .

Flippin’ brilliant.

Now THIS Quote Sums It Up Well

I heard this Thomas Jefferson quote on Glenn Beck yesterday and I thought worthy of the family blog:

When the people fear government you have tyranny.
When the government fears the people you have liberty.

Care to guess which of these conditions I think Washingtonians are living in? (For a clue, check out the fifth image in this entry.)

Quote on the American Dilemma

I just stumbled on this quote and thought it post-worthy:

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.

Classic.