February 2012
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“We are more like lemmings than lions, more like goats than gazelles, more like...”
– Michael Lipsey
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“You could fill the Hollywood Bowl with forgotten stars.”
– Michael Lipsey
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I become Art
Walked into room with art installation at SF MOMA. On a screen these words appeared: “White haired man dressed in khaki walks into room.” Thought, that could be me! In the corner a young woman is typing on a laptop what she sees on a video camera, or what anyone says to her. I approach, “Can I tell my wife that I went to the museum and became art?” Yes, you can! And of...
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“I hate and renounce as a coward every being who cannot think that the search for...”
– Artaud
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“Do not let yourself be deluded by anyone; this is all I teach.”
– Rinzai
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How to start a sleazy plumbing company
And now for something completely different, as Monty Python would say. My article on how to start a sleazy plumbing company on BadPlumbers.org
http://www.badplumbers.org/blog/entry/how-to-start-a-sleazy-plumbing-company
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“I think that if Emily Dickinson and Bukowski could meet they would understand...”
– Michael Lipsey
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“The nakedest truth is you, naked, in front of your mirror.”
– Michael Lipsey
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“Rabelais, D.H. Lawrence, Mae West, Henry Miller, Lenny Bruce and James Joyce...”
– Michael Lipsey
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“We say God and man, good and evil, life and death, rich and poor, light and...”
– Michael Lipsey
“There are plenty of nice people, and there are lots who aren’t, and that’s the...”
– Michael Lipsey
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“Attitude is 50% of your reality — unfortunately, reality is the other 50%.”
– Michael Lipsey
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“One reason to have children is to learn why you should forgive your parents, as...”
– Michael Lipsey
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“If you engage in magical thinking and get results, you are a true magician.”
– Michael Lipsey
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“The less money you have the more difficult decisions you have to make, because...”
– Michael Lipsey
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Nobody expects The Spanish Inquisition!!
Noooobody expects The Spanish Inquisition!!….and nobody expects Rick Santorum!! Coincidence?
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“I still have the dream — the dream that a day will come when once again I...”
– Michael Lipsey
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I’ve always wondered if weird lonely people become weird because they are lonely? Or did they become lonely because they are weird?
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“In order to become the President of The United States of America, the Greatest...”
– Michael Lipsey
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“An atheist imagines that he will die and that will be the end of him. A believer...”
– Michael Lipsey
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“First drink, best drink
Next drink, next best drink
More drinks,...”
– Michael Lipsey (You call that a haiku? That’s doggerel!)
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“Scary being introduced, and someone says, “Oh, I’ve heard ALL about you!” It’s...”
– Michael Lipsey
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The world would be awash with brilliance if people were encouraged to spend more of their time in concentrated, uninterrupted thought. Or in suicides…
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A Very Well-Endowed Elf
My plumbing shop was a couple of doors down from an auto body shop. One day I was chatting with Matt, one of the body guys, and told him I was an artist. My studio was a 1,500 square foot space behind the plumbing shop, but not many of the locals knew about that. Matt said I had to come see a sculpture they had been working on for years in the back of the body shop. The sculpture was of a little...