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• aga n. [WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N random broken people.
  Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L....
• Quote #272 [about "battlefield earth, by ElRon] But apart from all the normal criticisms (which are fully justified, IMHO), about ludicrous plot, 2-d characterisation, ham-fisted style, etc.
  what sticks in my mind most about this book is actually in reference to something LRH said in the foreword....
• When we put our best foot forward, the other one had better be good enough to stand on.
  -- Cullen Hightower, "Quote Magazine...
• I did cancel one performance in Holland where they thought my music was so easy that they didn't rehearse at all.
  And so the first time when I found that out, I rehearsed the orchestra myself in front of the audience of 3,000 people and the next day I rehearsed through the second movement -- this was the piece _Cheap Imitation_ -- and they then were ashamed....
• I bought a cassette tape on how to be successful. It was one of those subliminal tapes, a motivational cassette.
  It was $19.95 and it kept saying, "Don't ask for your money back, don't ask for your money back....
• When I read your magazine, I don't see one wrinkled face or single toothless grin.
  For shame! To the sickos at `Modern Bride' magazine....
• We invented a new protocol and called it Kermit, after Kermit the Frog, star of "The Muppet Show.
  [3] [3] Why? Mostly because there was a Muppets calendar on the wall when we were trying to think of a name, and Kermit is a pleasant, unassuming sort of character....
• Homer: [gasps] You mean I get five percent off on everything in the store just because I look like -- I mean, just because I _am_ Krusty the Klown?
  Apu: How could I charge full price to the man whose lust for filthy magazines kept me in business during that first shaky year?...
• party /at'par`tee/ n. [from the @-sign in an Internet address] (alt.
  `@-sign party' /at'si:n par`tee/) A semi-closed party thrown for hackers at a science-fiction convention (esp....