May 5, 2008
Ignorance
ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star; in that black the BITTER waits with teeth like the cheshire cat.
So quoth Strange at 18:06 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
November 12, 2007
shaken not stirred
OB Dept. Anonymous hospital Hold message:
"...can reduce the risk of S.I.D.S.. If you feel yourself losing control put the baby in its crib and walk away; never, never, never shake the baby, shaking the baby can cause severe brain damage or even death. If you have a mildly sick child and can't stay home from work we offer..."
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I weep for the future.
So quoth Strange at 16:54 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
December 4, 2004
Test entry that might evaporate
You cannot regenerate the BITTER. It's self-generating. Like cold fusion. Only mintier.
So quoth scott at 02:12 UTC | 4 BITTER pills | TrackBack
October 23, 2003
Zap! Whoosh.
I wish I could burn them all, just soak the insulation with a little lighter fluid and fray a little wire, they'll take care of the rest.
Electrical fires spread so nicely, like carbon monoxide, invisable until it's too late.
The BITTER is the cleansing fire of the world.
beautiful
simple
clean
Crackle crackle fizz
-Strange
So quoth Strange at 10:16 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
March 11, 2003
passive aggressive
Either tell me what you want upfront or don't blame me when it's not done the way you wanted it.
The BITTER has no truck with feckless morons.
So quoth scott at 10:41 UTC | 2 BITTER pills | TrackBack
March 9, 2003
Shape of the Soul
One must be the beast before he can be the man.
Have you ever wanted to create something beautiful, nurture it, care for it, and then... destroy it, just to watch it die, its life-blood flowing from its veins?
No man knows the true shape of his soul until he does this.
So too, know that you are capable of the horrid, but know you can choose whether or not to commit it.
This is the difference between the man and the beast.
Evolve.
-Strange
So quoth Strange at 01:43 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
February 24, 2003
the Sleeping Postulate
"Pleasure puts you to sleep and pain wakes you up. If you don't want to suffer, don't go to sleep."
— Nisargadatta
So quoth scott at 05:24 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
February 19, 2003
rally the troops
They say it is always darkest just before the dawn.
No, silly. It's darkest just after they put your eyes out.
Squick.
So quoth scott at 09:28 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
February 14, 2003
vd 2003
Happy day of bleeding hearts.
Just a happy reminder that the BITTER will always be your valentine.
Insofar as it will always be a barbed projectile lacerating your pericardium.
If you feel the BITTER flowing through you, please do SUBMIT!
For in unity there is strength.
As well as only one pool of blood to clean up.
So quoth scott at 15:00 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
January 23, 2003
BITTER Women
The action of birth is a true example of BITTER. To sign a contract for a lifetime of pain and frusteration there after in hopes of one single pleased, content, and happy moment. Mothers and REAL women are the Priestesses of the BITTER.
-Strange (Acolyte to the BITTER)
So quoth Strange at 21:25 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
December 24, 2002
return to sender
They say "you can never go home again."
Wrong.
You can always, always, always return to the BITTER.
And thus you remember you are never alone.
So quoth scott at 01:46 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
December 21, 2002
Homer Sez:
"Oh, look! I'm making people hap-py! I'm the magical man from Happy Land who lives in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!"
So quoth tony at 04:01 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
December 11, 2002
holiday cooking with the BITTER
The BITTER may be the sauce, but the sauce makes the dessert.
So quoth scott at 15:51 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
September 10, 2002
Beware
Beware risking finding yourself in disfavor with one who is one with the BITTER. For the BITTER takes care of its disciples, and the day of reckoning may come sooner than you think.
Tread lightly.
So quoth tony at 23:55 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
August 24, 2002
Sometimes, maybe...
...that leap of faith that you took lands you in a pile of dog poo.
...you look like a deer, in the glare of a car's headlights, about to be hit at 50 mph.
...you hear the sound of something sizzling and burning; you realize it's your brain frying.
...you realize that you crave the pain.
So quoth tony at 03:42 UTC | 1 BITTER pill | TrackBack
August 23, 2002
this is your BITTER
The BITTER is the ground you run into when your parachute fails to open.
The BITTER is the cold ocean that drowns you.
The BITTER is a merciless lack of oxygen.
The BITTER is a fiery volcano.
The BITTER is the loneliness of space.
The BITTER is the hole within.
The BITTER takes no prisoners.
The BITTER will devour you.
The BITTER has no mother.
The BITTER is hidden in a dark alley.
The BITTER is the shadow just out of sight.
The BITTER has no taste, no odor.
The BITTER is in Siberia.
The BITTER revolves around the sun.
The BITTER awaits you when you walk into the empty house.
The BITTER comforted you as a child.
The BITTER knows what your lover is doing.
The BITTER will have its time.
The BITTER shall cleanse you.
The BITTER is the fire that gently devours you.
The BITTER is the pill that puts you to sleep.
The BITTER is the gnawing inside your head.
The BITTER guides you to your target.
The BITTER stays with you in sub-zero temperatures.
The BITTER joins you when exporing ocean depths.
The BITTER is the sudden stop at the end of the rollercoaster of love.
The BITTER cares for its own.
So quoth chaos at 21:51 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
February 14, 2000
Betrayal
Betrayal is one of the primary amusements of the BITTER. A good betrayal
can amuse it for months.
So quoth scott at 16:44 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
Where is the BITTER?
Remember, no matter where you go, there BITTER is.
Just look in the shadow.
So quoth scott at 16:42 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
February 12, 2000
More rumination on the BITTER
The BITTER was not nominated for an Academy Award, because the BITTER is a major component of the glue that holds the gold figure to the base.
The BITTER is the explanation for your spontaneous nosebleeds.
The BITTER causes Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
The BITTER is responsible for 22q11.2 deletions.
The BITTER would like some peppermint tea.
But only if it's organic.
The BITTER causes cancer in laboratory rats.
Everybody has a different LD50 for the BITTER.
I have a different BITTER for LD50.
Angostura is not the only kind of BITTER.
Even if Hemingway once compared it to varnish.
Although it used to contain high amounts of strychnine bark, which only seems to validate the theory.
YOU! YES, YOU! YOU ARE NOT BITTER ENOUGH!
The BITTER is the lover touching your lips, shushing you gently, as it gets ready to plunge the icepick in your kidney.
The BITTER will help you sleep at night.
It is up to you to try and wake up again in the morning.
Now I lay me down to sleep...
The wrath of BITTER my soul shall reap.
The BITTER is ageless.
The BITTER is timeless.
The BITTER provides fuel for your soul.
If you have one.
If you don't, the BITTER can get you one, wholesale.
So quoth scott at 21:41 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
February 11, 2000
Rumination on the BITTER
When people deride something as "simple" and "unfunny" as Peanuts, do they realize what a pure view of the BITTER they are missing?
Do you understand that the BITTER is founded on the premise of tragic love?
If you need mythological references to help you understand the BITTER, try the Book of Job in the Judeochristian mythos reference "The Holy Bible".
Remember, while we are focusing on the BITTER as a pungent cloak for turning the stomachs of those who turn ours on February 14, the BITTER has many expressions and causes, not all of which are due to 'love'.
Take, for instance, the sheer inanity present in everyday academic or corporate existence. There is plenty that causes the BITTER to flow and plenty being tapped into the wellspring of BITTER can do for you in such times.
However, it is true that in matters of the heart, we are at our most vulnerable, and the pathetic "autres" out there are at their most capricious and malicious, and as such it is perhaps the most fertile and ripe source and target for the BITTER.
The BITTER is gender-neutral.
No matter how much the anger is coursing through your veins and defocusing your BITTER, you should still not recommend to a coworker that the responsible party for an egregious breach of protocol be brought over so you can knife them.
Since I can't drink, at least I have the BITTER.
Since I can't smoke hashish, at least I have the BITTER.
Since I can't shoot heroin, at least I have the BITTER.
EMBRACE THE BITTER AND IT SHALL SET YOU FREE.
The BITTER, like Death, likes kittens, and will put a pan of milk out for them.
Which is of course cruel in a way, since they're lactose intolerant.
So quoth scott at 21:29 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack
February 10, 2000
Punjabi BITTER
Like Death, the BITTER loves a good curry.
So quoth scott at 21:14 UTC | 0 BITTER pills | TrackBack