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This week, we bring back the high five, spot hookers at baseball games, shred Hogan Cirque switch, get a free handgun with a new car purchase, watch people get bitched out on national television, and pretend to blow up things. But first a little commentary....

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." -- Andre Gide

The Immoralist July 5, 2008 by Ben The following is an excerpt from Andre Gide’s preface to his novella, The Immoralist: … I no more wanted this book to be an accusation than an apology. I refrained from passing judgment. These days the public demands an author’s moral at the end of the story.

  I’ve just finished an excellent book called Bohemians: The Birth Of Modern Art : Paris 1900-1930  by French writer, Dan Franck. It chronicles life in and around the Montmartre district of Paris in the early part of the 20th century, when it was home to a loose group of artists, poets, writers and political radicals.

Thought for Today It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. ~Andre Gide~ How many times have I heard someone say, “Everyone else does it.” I want to cry when I hear those words. Recently I was having a discussion with a friend, the discussion turned to religion.

Renowned French filmmaker Jean Delannoy has died at the age of 100. Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.

Truism March 9th, 2008 by Fuzz Tagged as: andre gide, quotes. The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. ~Andre Gide Posted in Other People's Words

Faith can generally be defined as a strong belief in something that is beyond proof. Faith may also be a strong conviction or belief in something, like God, religion, doctrine or phrophecy. Faith in oneself, and the ability to achieve things not known, is the most important faith of all.

SEEN THROUGH CATTAILS Writing to an imaginary boy sad as Gide the autumn grows long as a cocksucker's face By autumn I mean absence of cocksucking By Gide I mean last jabs at guilted youth By cocksucker I mean the President of Desire More lovers than Ronald Reagan had