1. Thank you. We’re all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.

   2. The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist.

   3. I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce.

   4. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.

   5. I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don’t care.

   6. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

   7. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?

   8. I’m not being rude. You’re just insignificant.

   9. I’m already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.

  10. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.

  11. It’s a thankless job, but I’ve got a lot of Karma to burn off.

  12. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

  13. No, my powers can only be used for good.

  14. How about never? Is never good for you?

  15. I’m really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.

  16. You sound reasonable…Time to up my medication.

  17. I’ll try being nicer if you’ll try being smarter.

  18. I’m out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message…

  19. I don’t work here. I’m a consultant.

  20. Who me? I just wander from room to room.

  21. My toys! My toys! I can’t do this job without my toys!

  22. It might look like I’m doing nothing, but at the cellular level I’m really quite busy.

  23. At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits.

  24. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.

  25. I see you’ve set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.

  26. Someday, we’ll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.

AP – This undated photo provided by the Brooklyn district attorney’s office shows New York City police officer … NEW YORK – A police officer warned a tattoo parlor worker that if he reported being sodomized with a baton during an arrest at a New York subway station, officers would lock him up for a felony, prosecutors said Tuesday. The threat was among details to emerge as the Brooklyn district attorney announced an indictment charging Officer Richard Kern and two other patrolmen with felonies. Kern, 25, was charged with aggravated sexual abuse and assault after the Oct. 15 confrontation. Fellow Officers Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales were charged with hindering prosecution an [From 3 NYPD officers charged in subway sodomy case - Yahoo! News]

Listened to: Le Cortege from the album “Rituals” by Skating For Cover

Coca is a serious destabilizer—keeping Colombia’s rebels armed and the country’s progress in check. But after almost a decade, U.S.-assisted efforts to reduce the crop’s production in Colombia haven’t just failed; they’ve been downright counterproductive. Plan Colombia was meant to improve security, stamp out drug cultivation, and improve law and order after a decades-long conflict with leftist militants. But coca cultivation rose 15 percent between 2000 and 2006, an October 2008 U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study found. A separate U.N. study found that in 2007 alone, the area of land hosting coca crops rose 27 percent. To put it mildly, something is not working. Coca, the base crop for cocaine, has funded the operations of various paramilitaries and the rebel group FARC for decades. Although Colombian military operations have severely hampered FARC’s activities during the last several years, the drug trade continues apace. Aerial spraying and manual eradica [From Foreign Policy: The Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2008]

Listened to: Station 5 from the album “Music For BBC2 Documentaries” by Brian Aspro

[From Larry Craig Appeal Denied In Sex Sting Case]

Listened to: Babel from the album “Babel” by Cos

[From Ghost Pictures - Demonic Creature Haunts Bridge Near Accident Scene]

Listened to: Burning Dream from the album “Winterland” by Cord Of Life

[From The strange phenomenon of fungi that glow in Japan | Corner Mystery]

Listened to: Winterland from the album “Winterland” by Cord Of Life

[From Angel for a Day | Designer High]

Listened to: Cryonic Suspension from the album “Winterland” by Cord Of Life

[From Things I Want To Tell My Children | momaroo]

[From Start Your Sobbin' - Music - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper]