Velvet put-downs: He had delusions of adequacy. -Walter Kerr-

Velvet put-downs: I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial. -Irvin S. Cobb-

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. -Albert Einstein-

No image manipulating program was manipulated in the creation of this page. -Mark Schenk-

I don’t deal in facts, only delusions. When you work with facts everyone will try to point out where you are wrong. If you tell them up front you only work with delusions, then you can’t possibly be called wrong.

When church begins, turn off your mobile phone that God can call you. -St. Joseph Freinademetz Chapel, Divine Word University-

The devil made me do it. -Geraldine (comedian Clerow “Flip” Wilson)-

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. -C. S. Lewis-

Any fool can know. The point is to understand. -Albert Einstein-

Converse to Clarke’s Third Law (Niven’s Law): Any sufficiently rigorously defined magic is indistinguishable from technology.