David Sedaris For Sunday ...

"We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail."

David's new book - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

As Dorothy Parker Once Said ...

'A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.'

Oscar for Thursday

'One should absorb the colour of life,
but one should never remember its
details. Details are always vulgar.'

For Tuesday ...

'Polite conversation is rarely either.'
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'I myself find many, even most, things objectionable.
Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving
one's home.'


For more from the brilliant Fran Lebowitz ...

For Friday ...

There is no excellent beauty
that hath not some strangeness
in the proportion

-- Sir Francis Bacon

The Great Cate

I'm one of those strange beasts who really like a corset.

-- Cate Blanchett