Heute morgen an einer Allee Westerwelle-Gesichter vorbeigefahren, von denen jedes einzelne mit einem Zusatzzettel überklebt worden war: "Abgesagt". Schade, dachte ich, dass man die bundesweiten Plakatierungspläne für alle Gesichter nicht hat.

... man wishes to be happy, and only wishes to be happy, and cannot wish not to be so. But how will he set about it? To be happy he would have to make himself immortal. But, not being able to do so, it has occurred to him to prevent himself from thinking of death.

The only thing which consoles us for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders us from reflecting upon ourselves, and which makes us insensibly ruin ourselves. Without this we should be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversions amuse us and lead us unconsciously to death.

Hanns Eisler, Zwei Lieder nach Worten von Pascal, Hollywooder Liederbuch

Oh, Sprengen des Gartens, das Grün zu ermutigen. Wässern der durstgen Bäume, gib mehr als genug, gib mehr, gib mehr, gib mehr als genug. Und vergiß auch nicht das Strauchwerk, auch das beerenlose nicht, das ermattete, und übersieh nicht zwischen den Blumen das Unkraut, das auch Durst hat. Noch gieße nur den frischen Rasen, oder den versengten nur, auch den nackten Boden erfrische du, erfrische du.

Hanns Eisler, Vom Sprengen des Gartens, Hollywooder Liederbuch.

Aus der Einladung von P. Diddy, formerly known as Puff Daddy, zur "Greatest Party of All Time":

THE DRESS CODE MUST BE RESPECTED!

If your shoes are scuffed you´re going to have a problem. If you´re wearing jeans, you´re on the wrong track.

Pull out the flyest shit in your closet, or have your stylist pull something for you. Definition of fly sht: the top designers ie. Sean John Collection, Gucci, Dolce & Gabana, YSL Couture, Versace.

Think the Oscars, think the person you want to marry is inside; think of me at the CFDA awards, Kentucky derby, my new year´s eve party in Miami or my Hamptons White party.

Grooming: Fellas: Haircuts, shape-ups and clean shaves are a must. Ladies: Hair-dos, waxing, manicures and pedicures are also a must.

Extra people: You, your man, your man´s man, your cousin, childhood friend, aunt visiting from out of town, etc. will not be admitted and left outside. If your invite is for you only, it´s for you only. If your invite is for you and a guest, it´s for you and a guest only (this could mean your security)

Führt das Scheitern des "neoliberalen" Flügels in der FPÖ dazu, dass der Rest der Partei jetzt umstandslos und ohne diese Beruhigungs-Disclaimer rechtsradikal bleibt?

Würde Schüssel mit einer durch und durch Haider-FPÖ koalieren?

Würde Klestil eine solche Koalition akzeptieren?

Ist die Strategie der Rest-FPÖ jetzt eher Vlaamse Blok oder Pim Fortuyn mit Haider in der Rolle von PF?

Geht die SP im bevorstehenden Wahlkampf jetzt wieder mehr nach rechts? Wird das eher eine Gusenbauer-SP oder eine Häupel-SP sein?

Das icon wax museum.

Hashashishe suicide bomber aus dem Jesus Christ Superstore.

pro-ana, the basic premise of which is that an eating disorder is not a disorder but a lifestyle choice, is very much an ideology of the early 21st century, one that could not exist absent the anonymity and accessibility of the Internet, without which the only place large numbers of anorexics and bulimics would find themselves together would be at inpatient treatment. ''Primarily, the sites reinforce the secretiveness and the 'specialness' of the disorder,'' Davis says. ''When young women get into the grips of this disease, their thoughts become very distorted, and part of it is they believe they're unique and special. The sites are a way for them to connect with other girls and to basically talk about how special they are. And they become very isolated. Women with eating disorders really thrive in a lot of ways on being very disconnected. At the same time, of course, they have a yearning to be connected.''

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At its most militant, the ideology is something along the lines of, as the opening page of one site puts it: ''Volitional, proactive anorexia is not a disease or a disorder. . . . There are no victims here. It is a lifestyle that begins and ends with a particular faculty human beings seem in drastically short supply of today: the will. . . . Contrary to popular misconception, anorectics possess the most iron-cored, indomitable wills of all. Our way is not that of the weak. . . . If we ever completely tapped that potential in our midst . . . we could change the world. Completely. Maybe we could even rule it.''

A Secret Society of the Starving: Langer, ziemlich beunruhigender Artikel im New York Times Magazine (Registrierung erforderlich) über pro-Anas, also Leute, die zu ihrer Anorexie stehen, falls sie noch stehen können.

Hey, Saddam Hussein hat Aluminiumröhren gekauft.

"Nach der Festnahme des mutmaßlichen Terrorpärchens"...