What I learned on Wikipedia 10/3/06

I haven't done this bit for awhile, mostly because I haven't found much on the Wik lately. I haven't been on, except for looking for JD's theme music from Howard Stern.

However, yesterday, I came upon the page for Martin de Maat, an improv teacher from Second City, who died of AIDS in 2001. I'd read about him in Second City books and in Guru, where Del Close kept calling him a faggot, but I found these quotes of his, that are so sweet. I wish I could believe them and use them, but I lack that Mr. Chips/Dead Poet's Society inspirational vibe, so I present them to you, hopefully to squeeze some sort of hope and encouragement into this cavern of dirty puns and self-deprecation.

- "You are pure potential."

- "I do not give you permission to fail-- I'm giving you permission to follow your dreams."

- "No one will ever follow you down the street if you're carrying a banner that says, 'Onward toward mediocrity.'"

- "The Hokey Pokey. Think about it. At the end of the song, what do we learn? What is it all about? You put your whole self in!"

Hope you liked it, because you, all four of my readers, are pure potential.

I wish I named this blog "Onward toward mediocrity."

Jew Year Cont'd

Fasting is easy when you're nauseous.

Red Sox, you are the only, only, only...

“90 percent of the game is half-mental.”

- David Ortiz

He may be a millionaire, have millions of fans, and makes his living playing sports, but at least when I say stupid shit it doesn't get in the New York Times.