Monday, August 18, 2008

On Identity and Jewish Identity

“What have I in common with Jews? I have hardly anything in common with myself, and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.”


Kafka -- quoted in “The Tremendous World I Have Inside My Head: Franz Kafka: A Biographical Essay” by Lewis Begley, as itself quoted in the NY Times.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Overheard

" . . . when I sober up I'm going to be really mad at her."

Man, to friend, in the beer line at the Hollywood Bowl.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Nature Haiku

Known as Blackberries
They should be called Mosquitoes --
They buzz in my ear.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Song of the Day

"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
-- Bob Dylan

Buy me some rings and a gun that sings
A flute that toots and a bee that stings
A sky that cries and a bird that flies
A fish that walks and a dog that talks