My Dream

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a  straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare.  Crawling, swiftly, along the edge of a straight... razor...  and surviving ....
                                                    --Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz, Apocalypse Now

File under Weirdness.

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Mixed Messages

This is way too typical. It's a memo which is the inevitable product of the legal profession's obsession with the billable hour:

Monday [July 5th] is a firm holiday, but do not feel discouraged from coming to the office if there are any projects you are working on where you feel you need to spend time here on Monday. There will more than likely be lots of associates around, in and out throughout the day. So you should feel welcomed to come in and work if you need to. If you do not, have a fantastic long weekend, or let me know if you'd like some more assignments if you're not being kept busy enough.

File under The Legal Profession.

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What Would Papa Say?

I wonder how Ernest Hemingway might work this into The Sun Also Rises:

Topless women, some wearing just a G-string, and men in their underpants marched through Pamplona on Monday demanding an end to Spain's renowned fiesta -- the running of the bulls.

File under La Vida Loca.

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