"Don't turn around, Der Kommissar's in town... he's got the power, and you're so weak, and your frustration will not let you speak. Don't turn around, Der Kommissar's in town... and if he talks to you, then you'll know why: The more you live, the faster you will die... Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?"

Latest headlines? ...oh, just one revolting reminder after another to never underestimate the capacity of so many to severely underwhelm when it comes to empathy, even in its most rudimentary form, and the steadily diminishing "common" human decency... what an absolute fucking disgrace.

Stop drop and roll was such a big deal when I was younger. I really expected to be on fire way more than the zero times I have been so far.

"No matter the self-conceited importance of our labors, we are all compost for worlds we cannot yet imagine." -David Whyte

When life feels extra tough, pause and ask yourself: “Did I poop my pants today?” If not, you’re doing okay ...honestly, better than a lot of people.

You need to stay focused, laser focused ...any lapse in conviction, you're bound to miss it; for that's exactly what it's designed to do ...slide under your radar. You mustn't get distracted by the slight of hand, nor the smoke and mirrors. Pay closest attention to what the smiling faces are doing under the table with their fat filthy hands, commanded by dark souls and cold hearts.

"I'm a fool ..I expect too much, then I'm angry because nothing ever works out the way I want. When I was young and full of hopes and aspirations, I didn't know I would get hurt so often. I think I'll get tough and won't ache again ...then my fragile shell shatters, and again, symbolically, my blood is spilled with the tears I shed." -V.C. Andrews

A whole bunch of people here need to be beaten silly with the pool noodle of humility ...promptly!

"You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes... you can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know... and YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Seuss

"Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much: the wheel, New York, wars and so on ...whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man ...for precisely the same reasons." -Douglas Adams

Sooo, apparently when someone says I should 'stick it where the sun don't shine', they are NOT referring to my storage space in the basement... huh, who knew?

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Men have called me mad, but the question is not yet settled ...whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence ...whether much that is glorious ...whether all that is profound, does not spring from disease of thought ...from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect." -Edgar Allan Poe

"He's very slow, his reflexes are pitiful... poorly coordinated. He's in wretched physical condition, impetuous... and clumsy. He moves like a baboon with two club feet. However, there's a feeble glint of promise in his eyes... I think there's something I can do with him."

Okay, who the fuck invited Mr. white-pants?

"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land ...there is no other land; there is no other life but this." -Henry David Thoreau

"If you kill a cockroach you are a hero, if you kill a butterfly you are bad... morality has aesthetic standards." -Nietzsche