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Woodjock Jam Fest 2010

"I changed my guitar playing from easy acoustic stuff to more lead, challenging stuff. For me, it's hard to sing and play at the same time. Some guys can do it -- like Jimi Hendrix."

Brandon Medders, relief pitcher for Giants, in what is hopefully my only use of the tags "sports" and "music" in the same post via MLB.com

I actually quote Glenn Beck

"Hello, my name is the Republican party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government...."

Glenn Beck via www.washingtonexaminer.com

Johnny Depp on Keith Richards

“I was almost afraid to meet him for a long time, because there is always a fear that your heroes are going to be shitheads.”

Johnny Depp describing his movie dad, Keith Richards via Rolling Stone

Those silly Swedes

"There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes."

An old Swedish maxim, as quoted in The Economist

Losers Are…Well, Losers

"One of the evident themes in the book, although one not explored by its authors (they may not even be aware of it), is that presidential campaigns have become so long, so arduous, so expensive, so fraught, so abusive to all who participate in them, that nobody—save perhaps the winner—emerges with his sanity intact. In other words, the people who accompany the candidate end up just as nutty, or even more nutty, than the candidate."

Michael Wolff, discussing the book Game Change

The Boss is 60 and confused

"Hello, Ohio!"

Bruce Springsteen to the Auburn Hills (Michigan) audience he was playing for. Finally Steve Van Zandt whispered in his ear that they were actually in Michigan (via Yahoo News)

Reflections on pigs and humans

"I look at the pig as a great animal model for human lifestyle diseases. Pigs like to lie around, they like to drink if given the chance, they’ll smoke and watch TV.”

Dr. Lawrence Schook, pig researcher at University of Illinois via NY Times but read the whole story, it's filled with great quotes and general pig funniness.

Bill Sunk Hillary’s V.P. Chances

“I still think Hillary has a lot of what I am looking for in a VP:  smarts, discipline, steadfastness. [However] I think Bill may be too big a complication. If I picked her, my concern is that there would be more than two of us in the relationship.”

Barack Obama as quoted by David Plouffe in his new book (via blogs.abcnews.com)

Farewell, and thanks, from Petco Park

"I make no presumptions. The game won’t always be there for me, either. The newspaper business is in crisis, still trying to figure out a model to monetize content on the Internet, and so, so many talented people have lost their livelihoods amid these choppy seas."

Andrew Baggarly, Giants beat writer, in a story well worth reading on blogs.mercurynews.com

Lincecum on San Francisco

"I definitely like San Francisco. I've seen nothing but positive things as far as my personal experiences. It's where I see myself being for a while."

Tim Lincecum via MLB Trade Rumors