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Day: December 8, 2002

Random Thoughts on a Sunday Night

2002-12-08 John Winkelman

The amount of money you spend on a bottle of Scotch is a fair, but not perfect, indication of the quality of said Scotch.

The critics who panned Equilibrium completely ignored Christian Bale’s excellent portrayal of a man who feels emotions for the first time in his life. They also ignored that this was an intelligent action movie, and not a dumb drama.

Hebrew is a beautiful language.

Time is best measured, not by the ticking of a clock, but by what happens between the ticks.

Mediocrity feeds upon itself.

Rosie’s Diner has the most courteous wait staff on the planet, and they cook up a fine chicken sandwich.

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