Open Early

A mind is like a parachute.  It doesn’t work if it is not open.
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2013	Movies And A Lifetime Of Lyrics
	This Truth
2012	Cheaper To Hold
2011	Resistance Is Futile
	One Great, One Enjoyable, One Terrible…
	Unfortunately, No Approval Is Required

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Winning?

Take the Kama Sutra.  How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible?  Who wins?
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2013	Still Inventing
2012	Motivated
2011	Waiting In Line At Starbuck’s

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Just Setting Out

I never set out to be weird.  It was always other people who called me weird.
—  Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2013	Scott’s Inscription
2012	Good Knowledge
2011	Social Safety Nets

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One Standard Deviation

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2012	High Anxiety
2011	And I’m Taking Me There
2010	1,000

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Decoration Time

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
—    Frank Zappa
[And love has nothing to dance to…   —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	The Beatitudes
2011	Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
2010	Back On The Asphalt
	No Sweep – Rangers Win Game 3 by 4 to 2
	Greek Myths For Kids

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License Problem

A drug is not bad.  A drug is a chemical compound.  The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2012	Giants Win Game 2 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!!
	Adage, n.
	Questions Women Should Ask Before Voting…
2011	What Are You Looking At?

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Why The Young Stay In College Longer These Days

If you want to get laid, go to college.  If you want an education, go to the library.
—    Frank Zappa
[I knew there was a difference between college and education!  —   KMAB  🙂 ]
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On This Day In:
2012	Perceptions Of Worth
2011	Flavor
2010	Giants Win 1-0 !!

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Corollary

Definition of rock journalism: People who can’t write, doing interviews with people who can’t think, in order to prepare articles for people who can’t read.
—    Frank Zappa
[I sometimes wonder if there might not be an internet (blogging) corollary to this observation.  Myself, included.   —   KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	Working Retired
2011	The Web Is Not Authoritative! (Really?)

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May I Have A Little More, Please?

It’s better to have something to remember than anything to regret.
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2012	Increasing Doubt
2011	You Can’t Touch This

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Well, Does It?

Interviewer: “So Frank, you have long hair.  Does that make you a woman?”
Frank Zappa: “You have a wooden leg.  Does that make you a table?”
—  Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2012	Near Misses Aren’t Successes
2011	Uncomfortable Feelings
2010	San Francisco (favorites)…
	Bullets or Butter?

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Not Sent Yet

There is no such thing as a dirty word.  Nor is there a word so powerful, that it’s going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2012	Wall-Crawler Reboot
	Learning To Count
	On Worshiping God
2011	Emancipated Differences
2010	A Little More Technology, Please…

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Zapping Music And Art

Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.
[And…]
Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it.
—    Frank Zappa
[Support your local arts!    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	Not Quite Fantastic
	That Kid Is Back
2011	Wolves At The Door
2010	I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.)
	Beating the Heat…

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And Never Will

Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.
—    Frank Zappa
[The problem is there are “common goods” (air, water, public areas) which are owned by all, but which are being monetized for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many.    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2012	The Human Adventure Continues
2011	Almost Never

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The Price Of Illusions

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion.  At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2012	Once Again
2011	And The “Market” Isn’t Always Right

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A Fine Balance

So many books, so little time.
—    Frank Zappa
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On This Day In:
2012	One Measure
2011	Seeking The Common Ground
	In Brightest Day…

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