Kirk Israel's commonplace and blog. Quotes and links daily since 2001.
2026.04.03
If we stayed there, I, you know, I'd prefer just to take the oil. We could do it so easily. I would prefer that, but people in the country sort of say, 'Just win, you're winning so big. Just win, come home. [...] Tonight I'm making a little speech at 9 o'clock and basically I'm gonna tell everybody how great I am.
"Winning so big". Can't open up Straight of Hormuz...
2026.04.02
Bootsy Collins Explains the Concept of The One:
2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic discovered in Turkey with the caption: "Be cheerful, enjoy your life"
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2026.04.01

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2026.03.31

One final robot birthday cake for me... a deck of cards to celebrate 52...
2026.03.30
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2026.03.29
Yesterdays No Kings Events, Waltham and Boston (including view from the stage)

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2026.03.28
I choose my friends for their looks, my enemies for their intelligence.
Alfredo in "Cinema Paradiso"