A [Lamborghini] Diablo is pretty much the same thing as a Subaru Outback, except it has a 550 horsepower, mid-mounted V12 and scissor doors. Otherwise, virtually identical.
Chris Perkins, “A Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0 Makes a Perfectly Good Winter Car” Road and Track, February 16, 2016
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This is old news, but I’ve just run across it so indulge me.
Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life.1
Kanye West
Can you believe this guy? Even leaving aside what he’s talking about when he says he doesn’t want a book’s autograph, most people are content to avoid the things they don’t like or can’t do. Kanye has to go a step further and be proud about not reading. Because some novels are wordy and self-absorbed, he’s not going to read at all. Not just the novels he doesn’t like, but all novels and all books. Being so vehement about it makes me wonder if he can read at all. He wouldn’t be the first to try to hide his lack of ability.
Don’t be like Kanye. Learn to read, and use the ability to its fullest. Read!
His poor children…
- “Proud non-reader” Kanye West turns author” from Reuters, May 26, 2009
Now I know what a foreskin is for! Huh.
As always, I will not reveal the names the innocent (or the guilty).
…you can read every online tip on winter car control, but be honest, all the theory in world won’t make you as handy on ice as your average Finnish racer. Finns are born with frost in their blood, and vodka in their glovebox. They do not fear snow, or ice, or moose, or awkward silences.
Sam Philip, “Top Gear’s Very Sensible And Practical Winter Driving Tips,” November 24, 2015, topgear.com
Astrology […] is an aesthetic affront. Its pre-Copernican dabblings demean and cheapen astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles. It is also an insult to the science of psychology and the richness of human personality.
Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow, 1998