"An jenem Tag im blauen Mond September
Still unter einem jungen Pflaumenbaum
Da hielt ich sie, die stille bleiche Liebe
In meinem Arm wie einen holden Traum.
Und über uns im schönen Sommerhimmel
War eine Wolke, die ich lange sah
Sie war sehr weiß und ungeheuer oben
Und als ich aufsah, war sie nimmer da."

von Errinerungen an Marie A. von Bertolt Brecht

"Is it bad parenting, or sheer brilliance, to take your parenting advice from a dog trainer?"

question posed on Motherload in response to this New York Times article

"sentence, actual
________'As the soles of my shoes hit the soft ground, I pushed past the tall cottonwood trees in a euphoric cadence, and meandered through willow branches that the moose munched on,' 102"

Slate's unauthorized index of Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue

"I don't understand why men need an extra space to show their emotions. - Well, they build stadiums just for that..."

from a conversation with a friend about soccer and reactions to Robert Enkes suicide.

"Try as I might, I cannot recall taking a vow of poverty when I became a teacher."

letter to the editor of the New York Times in response to an article about the buying and selling of lesson plans online

"Barack Obama added Tougher Sanctions Against Iran and No More Currency Fixing to his Wishlist."

from Barack Obama's Facebook Feed on Slate.com

"She sees herself as a nerd. We look at the things that she's read and they seem completely typical. She writes about reading Animal Farm, you know, things that we all read. It's part of a public school education in America. It does not make you an intellectual. Reading the newspaper. Exactly."

from the Double X gabfest discussion of Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue

"Vorfreude ist die schönste Freude"

Schlagzeile in Patchwork Spezial Weihnachten

"Starting THIS Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, and running through Thanksgiving Day, Audible is giving away free audiobooks. It's a thank-you from Audible for the great enthusiasm the Slate podcast audience has shown."

Juchuh! Listen to the Slate Culture Gabfest

M: I went to the moon yesterday.
Irma: I see. How was it?
M: Peaceful.
Irma: Meet anyone?
M: Not really; it was a Sunday.

Mies vailla menneisyyttä (The Man Without a Past)

"I have to go to the... whiz palace. [Pause] It’s a bathroom. It’s called a bathroom."

Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) during her practice date with her best friend (Parks and Recreation)

"Unga vill vara kreativa på fritiden"

"Young people want to be creative in their freetime"

Vasabladet headline

"Behinderte Delphine kommen zu mir und wollen mit mir schwimmen!"

"Disabled dolphins see me and want to swim with me!"

Stromberg about his therapeutic abilities (German version of The Office)

"58. Do not bring judgment with the ketchup. Or mustard. Or hot sauce. Or whatever condiment is requested."

100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do

“Dangers await only those who don't react to life.”

Mikhail Gorbachev in Berlin in 1989, as quoted in an interesting piece on On the Media this week

"Two eyes. That's the best amount of eyes."

from a conversation about a picture of a woman in The IT Crowd

"Indeed, it’s time for us to dust off James Baker’s line: 'When you’re serious, give us a call: 202-456-1414. Ask for Barack. Otherwise, stay out of our lives. We have our own country to fix.'"

in Thomas Friedman's column in the NYTimes

"Keine Macht den Dosen!"

das neue Programm vom GlasBlasSing Quintett. Gestern abend live gesehen. Hier ein Video aus dem alten Programm "Liedgut auf Leergut".

"It's too big to be a rabbit. It's a giant, giant Scandinavian rabbit."

Tim Gunn on Project Runway s6e12

“Show me a school where teachers are smart, well-educated, skilled and happy to be there, and I’ll show you a group of children who are getting a good education.”

NYTimes op-ed by Susan Engel (emphasis mine)

"Auf Gleis 1 fährt jetzt ein der ICE 2212 in Richtung Ostseebad Binz. Nächster Halt ist Köln Hbf. Vorsicht bei der Einfahrt."

jeden Morgen von Montag bis Freitag um 6:44 Uhr die gleiche Durchsage am Bonner Bahnhof

"Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time.
Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths of the time.
Our office buildings are empty one-half of the time.
It's time we gave this some thought."

R. Buckminster Fuller

"I know the world's been mean to you
I've got a cure
Hold tight
I know the world's not fair to you
I've got a cure for its crimes"

The Cure from the new Tegan and Sara album Sainthood

"Get excited and make things"

Matt Jones poster seen on NYTimes.com

"Gay guys throw the best Halloween parties."

apparently this must be the truth because it was a line in TWO tv shows: Park and Recreation and 30 Rock