“It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid.”
—Ray Bradbury. [full interview here]
June 2012
What kind of Muppet are you?
Dahlia Lithwick of Slate poses this theory:
Every one of us is either a Chaos Muppet or an Order Muppet.
Read through to find out which type is which. [slightly related] Which are you?
“I think poetry’s always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.”
—Natasha Trethewey, the new poet laureate of the United States.
“It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness. Not ever having driven, I can write better about automobiles than the people who drive them. I have a distance here. … Space travel is another good example. I’m never going to go to Mars but I’ve helped inspire, thank goodness, the people who built the rockets and sent our photographic equipment off to Mars. So it’s always a lack that causes you to write that type of story.”
—Ray Bradbury.
It's Friday! What was the best thing to happen to you this week?
It’s Friday! Yay! What was the best thing that happened to you this week?
I’ll start: Scavenger hunts + chocolate banana milkshakes.
Reading anything good?
I just finished Buddha in the Attic (for book club) and Open City (for reading on benches) and Are You My Mother? (the Alison Bechdel version, not the PD Eastman one..)
What are you reading?
I am trying to find the Rhett Miller interview with Terry Gross from a couple of years ago, but cannot seem to locate it in your archives. Any assistance in finding this interview would be much appreciated. Sharon
“If we listened to our intellect we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go in business because we’d be cynical: “It’s gonna go wrong.” Or “She’s going to hurt me.” Or, “I’ve had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore …” Well, that’s nonsense. You’re going to miss life. You’ve got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.”
—Ray Bradbury [Bradbury on Fresh Air]
