The Purdzilla Show

Photo by David Aguilar on Unsplash This world is like a roadside inn and we're the guests inside And death is a black camel that kneels down so we can ride And when the dying's finally done and the suffering subsides All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind On nights that won't happen Time we won't spend Time we won't spend With each other again Nights that won't happen Never reaching the end Nights that won't happen We can't even begin We can't even begin Purple Mountains (from the song Nights That Won't Happen )

"You don't think we change, then." "Change? No. What we do is adapt. Get by. Time you're ten, twelve years old, it's pretty much set in you, what you're going to be like, what your life's going to be." James Sallis (in Drive )

In the parking lot he leaned against the Chevy, stood looking off towards the mountain ranges ringing Tucson. Catalinas to the north, Santa Rita to the south, Rincon east, Tucson west. The whole city was a compass. How could anyone ever have gotten so hopelessly lost here? James Sallis (in Drive )

If we are always entangled by greed and hatred, coupled with egoism, desire, blame and intolerance, we will always be caught in a predicament leading us to a lot of needless worry and distress. Venerable Master Hsing Yun

I was managing Arsenal, I was twice offered the chance to take over at Real. It's terrible to have to turn down your childhood club. But I had a mission at Arsenal, a contract to honour, and I'd given my word. Arsène Wenger

Here I go out to sea again The sunshine fills my hair And dreams hang in the air Gulls in the sky and in my blue eye You know it feels unfair There's magic everywhere Look at me standing Here on my own again Up straight in the sunshine No need to run and hide It's a wonderful, wonderful life No need to laugh and cry It's a wonderful, wonderful life - Black (Colin Vearncombe 1962-2016)