And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different ... no quote today. For the moment at least ;-).
I would like to thank all the readers and followers of this blog. I thank you for all your comments - comments, that made me smile, made me think, and so very often make me laugh out loud.
I also like to thank the silent visitors, who just come by, everyday or from time to time, and - hopefully - get some fun out of my postings. I know you ;-).
May 2011 be a wonderful year to all of you!
Happy New Year!
Glædig nytår!
新年あけましておめでとうございます
Gott nytt år!
Feliz ano novo!
Boldog Új Évet!
Bonne année!
Feliz Año Nuevo!
Felice Anno Nuovo!
Did I forget anyone's mother tongue? I am sorry. So: Ein wunderschönes Neues Jahr 2011! ;-)

"It made you just want to lay out there and catch rays and think your happy thoughts"

"It made you just want to lay out there and catch rays and think your happy thoughts" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"I said out loud, as I was supposed to, what I was feeling"

"I said out loud, as I was supposed to, what I was feeling" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"He knows, too, that he is only postponing his own death"

"He knows, too, that he is only postponing his own death" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"Time passes, as slow as death"

"Time passes, as slow as death" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"Everything is still for a while"

"Everything is still for a while" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"I'll do all I can do to spare your life"

"I'll do all I can do to spare your life" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"One wrong move and you're dead"

"One wrong move and you're dead" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"And your clothes, where are your clothes?"

"And your clothes, where are your clothes?" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"There is no innocence in this city"

"There is no innocence in this city" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"With no book to read and no one to talk to, he fell asleep on the garden bench"

"With no book to read and no one to talk to, he fell asleep on the garden bench" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"Still, he doesn't look back, thinking that that is the way of doom"

"Still, he doesn't look back, thinking that that is the way of doom" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"There are benefits to being of small size, after all"

"There are benefits to being of small size, after all" - Young Thing by Nuruddin Farah

"He does not want to fail; he cannot afford to fail"

"He does not want to fail; he cannot afford to fail" - Youngthing by Nuruddin Farah

"People pretend the world is ordinary every day"

"People pretend the world is ordinary every day" - The Yellow by Samantha Hunt

"It can't stay open. I have a good life"

"It can't stay open. I have a good life" - The Yellow by Samantha Hunt

"We've opened some sort of door here"

"We've opened some sort of door here" - The Yellow by Samantha Hunt

"I'm just showing you what I did so I don't have to answer questions later"

"I'm just showing you what I did so I don't have to answer questions later" - Costello by Jim Gavin

"It's ridiculous how complicated this is"

"It's ridiculous how complicated this is" - Costello by Jim Gavin

"What luck to know a good and honest man"

"What luck to know a good and honest man" - Costello by Jim Gavin

"Greens and blues and reds, whirling and cracking"

"Greens and blues and reds, whirling and cracking" - Costello by Jim Gavin

"The sky cracking, turning colours. Surrender."

"The sky cracking, turning colours. Surrender." - Costello by Jim Gavin

"Go where?"

"Go where?" - Costello by Jim Gavin

"You need to get out there, you need to do something, go somewhere"

"You need to get out there, you need to do something, go somewhere" - Costello by Jim Gavin

"Weeds flaming up from cracks in the concrete"

"Weeds flaming up from cracks in the concrete" - Costello by Jim Gavin

"I never know what I'm going to do next"

"I never know what I'm going to do next" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"I think you need to talk to somebody"

"I think you need to talk to somebody" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"It's a loop and you gotta do something to get out of it"

"It's a loop and you gotta do something to get out of it" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"And the weirder you get the longer you go by yourself"

"And the weirder you get the longer you go by yourself" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"The longer you go by yourself the weirder you get"

"The longer you go by yourself the weirder you get" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"A person's not supposed to go through life with absolutely nobody"

"A person's not supposed to go through life with absolutely nobody" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"You know: if I wasn't using anything or spending anything, I didn't need to make anything"

"You know: if I wasn't using anything or spending anything, I didn't need to make anything" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"I started thinking I should just go off the grid"

"I started thinking I should just go off the grid" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"Maybe if they stayed just like this, everything would be okay"

"Maybe if they stayed just like this, everything would be okay" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"It was like when you wrote a word over and over again until it looked alien and wrong"

"It was like when you wrote a word over and over again until it looked alien and wrong" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"It felt like his eyes were looking right at her"

"It felt like his eyes were looking right at her" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"It was quiet and cool with no one around"

"It was quiet and cool with no one around" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"There were always flies in the window, beating themselves against the glass"

"There were always flies in the window, beating themselves against the glass" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"He wasn’t angry about going home anymore"

"He wasn’t angry about going home anymore" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"Nothing in this life is as easy as that"

"Nothing in this life is as easy as that" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"Nothing. There was nothing. Nobody there in the dark"

"Nothing. There was nothing. Nobody there in the dark" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"Why are you out here? What did that door ever do to you?"

"Why are you out here? What did that door ever do to you?" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"Sometimes you just know things in a dream"

"Sometimes you just know things in a dream" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"Isn't it funny how we close our eyes and enter a strange world we've made up?"

"Isn't it funny how we close our eyes and enter a strange world we've made up?" - Blue Roses by Frances Hwang

"I don't like to be forced to do things"

"I don't like to be forced to do things" - Blue Roses by Frances Hwang

"I will feel better with you beside me"

"I will feel better with you beside me" - Blue Roses by Frances Hwang

"You wore too much eyeliner, but you were so pretty!"

"You wore too much eyeliner, but you were so pretty!" - Blue Roses by Frances Hwang

"She makes everyone around her crazy"

"She makes everyone around her crazy" - Blue Roses by Frances Hwang

"One of the good things about never going anywhere is that nothing ever happens"

"One of the good things about never going anywhere is that nothing ever happens" - Shake! by Yvonne Roberts

"Nothing wrong in that, is there?"

"Nothing wrong in that, is there?" - Shake! by Yvonne Roberts