Prosaic Shades of Gray
Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Links
Menu

Category: Lists

The Words of the Prophets

Posted on October 8, 2003February 27, 2022 by KZ

The following is a reproduction of some of the more interesting bits of graffiti scrawled on a particular carrel in Santa Clara University’s Orradre Library: “I study here because I am afraid of people.” “I study here because I hate the world.” “I study here because I have to or I can’t play!” “SCANTRON NOFX!”…

Read more

Things I Realized This Weekend

Posted on October 6, 2003February 26, 2022 by KZ

Insomnia is my friend since lack of sleep apparently enhances my test-taking abilities. I took the LSAT without having been able to sleep at all the night before, and I think I did as well as I ever could have. When clubbing in San Francisco, you shouldn’t leave your Louis Vuitton scarf laying around unattended…

Read more

Random Complaints (The “Things That Suck” List)

Posted on May 12, 2003February 23, 2022 by KZ

Oversleeping on a weekday and then subsequently hauling ass in order to attend a class that bores the hell out of you. 50 Cent. Seriously, he’s the most overrated thing since sliced bread. “I love you like a fat kid love cake.” Wow man, profound. I guess I can throw out all of my 2Pac…

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2

Recent Posts

  • To Troll a Mockingbird
  • What Comes Tomorrow
  • Abundance in Perpetuity
  • Carry On
  • So Long, Nicky

Favorite Posts

  • Things That Probably Only Bother Me
  • Hope Against the Inevitable
  • Visions of the Collective Breath
  • The Answer (Conversation with God Continued)
  • Diana Has No Sense of Humor
  • Invocation
  • Joy Observed
  • A Fine Romance
  • Humbug to Those Yuletide Lies
  • There's a City Full of Walls You Can Post Complaints At

Post Archive

Categories

  • Blog Meta
  • Books
  • Complaints
  • Conversations
  • Diana
  • Friendship
  • Human Condition
  • Humor
  • Lists
  • Love
  • Mundanity
  • Music
  • Observations
  • Paintball
  • Parenthood
  • Pets
  • Poetry
  • Religion
  • Tangents
  • Topical
  • Writing
Because he'd wished my mother dead, my father said, God had punished him; God had taught Pastor Merrill not to trifle with prayer. And I suppose that was why it had been so difficult for Mr. Merrill to pray for Owen Meany -- and why he had invited us to offer up our silent prayers to Owen, instead of speaking out himself. And he called Mr. and Mrs. Meany "superstitious"! Look at the world: look at how many of our peerless leaders presume to tell us that they know what God wants! It's not God who's fucked up, it's the screamers who say they believe in Him and who claim to pursue their ends in His holy name!~John IrvingSource: A Prayer for Owen Meany
©2026 Prosaic Shades of Gray