The Rose - Bette Midler

Some say, love, it is a river
that drowns the tender reed.
Some say, love, it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed.

Some say, love, it is a hunger,
an endless, aching need.
I say, love, it is a flower
and you, its only need.

It's the heart, afraid of breaking,
that never learns to dance.
It's the dream, afraid of waking,
that never takes the chance.

It's the one who won't be taken,
who cannot seem to b'lieve.
And the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long;
Then to think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong;

Just remember, in the winter,
far beneath the bitters snows,
Lies the seed that, with the sun's love
in the spring, becomes the Rose.

honourary diaper

SOAK

and then sometimes

it hits you like a brick in the face: you're ugly and no one appreciates your impressive humming talent. it must be said, however, that at least three people on this world would have appreciated your humming, had you been personally aquainted to them so that they might experience such a closed-mouth virtuosity. alas, you are not. i trust your will to live is down to nil by now and no flamboyant gesture will save you from your own despair. i'd go flick a pop-rock right about now.

Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Mission

Associated Press, MOSCOW - NASA's mission that sent a space probe smashing into a comet raised more than cosmic dust — it also brought a lawsuit from a Russian astrologer.

Marina Bai has sued the U.S. space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late Sunday "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe," the newspaper Izvestia reported Tuesday. A Moscow court has postponed hearings on the case until late July, the paper said.

Scientists say the crash did not significantly alter the comet's orbit around the sun and said the experiment does not pose any danger to Earth.
The probe's comet crash sent up a cloud of debris that scientists hope to examine to learn how the solar system was formed.

Bai is seeking damages totaling $300 million — the approximate equivalent of the mission's cost — for her "moral sufferings," Izvestia said, citing her lawyer Alexander Molokhov. She earlier told the paper that the experiment would "deform her horoscope."

bwahahaha. that does not deserve any snarky comment.

woe is upon us

avril is engaged to that sum41 guy. what will i tell the kids at day care when they ask about my girlfriend now?

EDIT: a well turned phrase is just like a well turned ankle. they both make for good butlers.