Keep Me in You Heart

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Warren Zevon Released His Final Album The Wind 21-years Ago (I Still Miss Him)

Warren Zevon Would Have Turned 76 Today

Eddie Vedder - Keep Me in Your Heart

Today's Musical Interlude

 

Warren Zevon live - Accidently Like a Martyr.

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day." - Lao Tzu

"Overheard in Silicon Valley: 'Ayn Rand's heroes are fake, but her villains are real." - Marc Andreessen

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus

"And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest. Excitable boy they all said." - Warren Zevon

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth." - George Orwell

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." - Marcus Aurelius

"Grandpa pissed his pants again - he don't give a damn." - Warren Zevon 

"Excellence withers without an adversary." - Seneca

Keep Me in Your Heart

On This Day 20-years Ago

Twenty years ago tonight Warren Zevon went on the Late Show with David Letterman in one of the most poignant moments in TV history.  

Zevon was dying of terminal lung cancer and he sat down with his longtime friend Letterman to discuss life and play some songs. Letterman devoted the entire episode to his friend.

Memento mori. "You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich and every minute playing with the guys, and being with the kids."

I still miss Warren Zevon.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Don't partner with cynics and pessimists. Their beliefs are self-fulfilling." - Naval Ravikant

"Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the Earth." - Archimedes

"Of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best." - Warren Zevon

"At your highest moment, be careful. That's when the devil comes for you." - Denzel Washington

Warren Zevon

 

Warren Zevon would have been 75 today. His lack of induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is one of the major reasons why that place is nothing but a sham. This is one of my favorites of his.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth." - George Orwell

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." - Marcus Aurelius

"Grandpa pissed his pants again - he don't give a damn." - Warren Zevon 

"Twitter isn't real life." - Dave Chappelle

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." - Richard Feynman

"We are often more frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality." - Seneca

"Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?" - Rumi

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." - C.S. Lewis

"A mistake repeated more than once is a decision." - Paulo Coelho

"Of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best." - Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart

 

Today would have been Warren Zevon's 74th birthday. Keep him in your heart for a while.

Flotsam and Jetsam

 Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

At almost any time while they were playing in the NFL if you offered almost any GM the choice of Eli Manning or Matt Ryan pretty much the consensus would have been Matt Ryan. Yet it is Eli Manning who has the better shot at the Hall of Fame... Maybe its just me but I consider the TV remote a much bigger innovation than sliced bread... If I were President - I would make Bill Belichick my Press Secretary. Those press briefings would be epic... Oral sex in the Bible... In my opinion it is criminal that Warren Zevon is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The irony is I doubt Zevon himself would give a damn about the honor. He'd just want you to appreciate your sandwich... If I were President I'd also make Bobby Orr my Ambassador to Canada. Not kidding. Who can you think of that would be better? And I don't care that Orr's not a US citizen... "Remember - with Great Pumpkin comes great responsibility." - Linus... 

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris featured a live pigeon-shooting event. It never appeared in the Games again. If the Olympics ever come to NYC maybe they could bring that back... Just a reminder but 9-years ago yesterday the Rapture was supposed to have happened. It didn't... HBO should reboot the show Entourage but just make it a pseudo documentary (The Office style) about Charlie Sheen's every day life... The "current net migration rate for Iraq in 2020 is 0.308 per 1000 population." That means more people are moving to Iraq than leaving it. That's something the States of California and New York can't claim. Think about that for a minute... Just a reminder but 10-years ago Vice President Joe Biden promised a growing economy with 250,000 to 500,000 new jobs each month. That never happened (well at least not under President Obama). Maybe those jobs were Raptured?...  The 1982 Grammy nominees for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance were Wendy O Williams (of the Plasmatics), Lita Ford and Pia Zadora. I would love to watch a documentary about how that came about and the lasting damage done by it to women in Rock... Of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best...

Carmelita - Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon would have turned 73-years old today. Carmelita is one of my favorites.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The complicated legacy of Warren Zevon

- If this law was still in effect the people who make or serve Michelob Ultra would be killed

- Interesting point - Kim Kardashian has done more for criminal justice reform than Colin Kaepernick

- This is mesmerizing 

- I laughed way too much at this

- Very cool!

Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon passed away 15-years ago. If you have a sandwich today - make sure you really enjoy it.