24 January 2005

--"The good thing about poetry is that nobody ever reads it." --Toi Derricotte, on taking risks
--"The greatest success is close to the greatest failure." --Toi
--"Take some chances. What the hell." --Toi


23 January 2005

--"We're not attacking today. This is a special time." --Rich Purcell, on explication of poetry
--"Is Mona Lisa smiling, or is she frowning? Who cares?" --Todd Saulle
"I care!" --Amy Morse; on the co-creative nature

22 January 2005

--"He's like God with good hair." --Teresa Pizzella, on Troy Polamalu #43 AFC Champion PITTSBURGH STEELERS


21 January 2005

--"He brings your food . . ." --Erin Offord
"Salvation Army!" --Cara O'Shea; playing Taboo
--"Ireland Fries!" --Jen Hopkins; playing Taboo
--"It's not a goose, it's like a goose." --Erin
"Uh . . . uh . . . a pheasant!" --Cara; playing Taboo
--"He's a dictator south of Florida." --Jerry May
"Saddam Hussein!" --Jon Meck; playing Taboo
--"This doesn't need water." --Erin
"Fish." --Cara; playing Taboo
--"When two guys . . . " --Cara, on misteltoe
--"Ah, your boobs. . . . Ow, your knee!" --Jerry

18 January 2006

--"Fortunately, I'm an Englishman--we don't have sex. It's all sublimated for me; this is the most I get." --Prof. John Twyning
--"What is the most common way love is expressed?"--John Twyning
"Marriage." --Girl
"Then what?" --John Twyning
"Children." --Girl
"Yeah, but in between." --John Twyning; on love, and sex.
--"You won't get this reading in any annotation, it's only for this class."--John Twyning
--"Love is also about two bodies slapping together." --John Twyning
--"You can't measure love by a hard-on that lasts forever." --John Twyning


12 January 2006

--"I was too young and he was naked." --Cara O'Shea on Dances with Wolves
--"I thought this said 'house,' so we're gonna go with house." --Jon Meck, misreading hostile
--"India is house." --Jon, on Apples to Apples
--"I (said) shit so loud and for so long that the damage is done." --Cara, being misinterpreted.
--"If this is what I am, it means I'm cuddly, luscious, dainty, delicious, fancy, feminine, earthy and unhealthy." --Jon, on green cards in Apples to Apples
--"Normal?" --Erin Offord
"None of us know what that is." --Jon
--"Hey, I can add charming to my list of feminine qualities." --Jon
--"Normally the baby cries every time she holds me." --Jon on Babies

11 January 2006

--"Orpheus meets a rather unsavory end at the hands of some sexually-frustrated Thracian women. It's hot." --Daniel Wollenberg, on medieval romance


12 December 2005

--"You go through a lot more clothes when you have to wear them every day." --Ann McLaughlan


8 December 2005

--"I hope she ends up alone and saggy." --Matt Herring on ElimiDate
--"One and a half, you wrap 'em up in an American flag and do 'em for your country." --Casey Spirk, on rating


7 December 2005

--"Yeah, that's not gonna happen." --Sam Morey, on iambic pentameter
--"Big hulking guys played these fairies, too." --Prof. Don Bialostosky, on Shakespeare


5 December 2005

--"Well you're very smart." --Prof. Don Bialostosky, on Katie referencing Eamonn Brady
--"He's holding the knife to her throat, but she kind of likes it that way." --Sam Morey
--"Still, you can't capture [Jane] Austen's voice." --Prof. Don Bialostosky
"No, you can't." --Austin Brass
--"Remember to breathe." --Sam Morey, to Amy Morse
--"They're called Jurassic Park sequels." --Sam Morey, on making things worse
--"They do that, but I don't know how to do it and I don't want to mess with it." --Prof. Don Bialostosky, on Pitt's Courseweb system


random

--"Asteroid belt . . . asteroid hat. . . . Astro . . . hump." --Matt Foley, playing Pictionary
--"No, I'm just saying that God lives in Erie and the streets are paved with candy." --Cara O'Shea, on Buffalo, NY