Tuesday, June 14, 2011

My Hour Has Come (Musical Tribute)

MaxedOutMama exclaims, Mark, your hour has come!

So we have rising price trends, poor profit trends (somewhat mitigated by higher prices out of necessity), poor sales trends, and remarkably poor employment trends. Some may call this stagflation; that is the most positive possible way to describe the situation.

Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me.

So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice. - Carl Spackler, Caddyshack (1980)



Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery
He hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see

For whom the bell tolls
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls
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12 comments:

  1. AllanFJune 14, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

    One of my all time favorite quotes. I use it myself often.

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  2. AllanFJune 14, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    And by often I mean that in the relative sense.

    If I can get in one really good lick with it in a year, well, I call that a good year.

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  3. EconomicDisconnectJune 14, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    For a hill men will kill! Epic.

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  4. Stagflationary MarkJune 14, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    AllanF,

    I was very pleased to be able to use that quote today. The quote is so precious to me that I would not even consider using it unless it was appropriate.

    If I can get in one really good lick with it in a year, well, I call that a good year.

    That is exactly how I see it!

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  5. Stagflationary MarkJune 14, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    GYSC,

    For a hill men will kill! Epic.

    Hamburger Hill

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  6. MaxedOutMamaJune 15, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    One of your best ever.

    This is some unholy mess.

    Still, it would be worse if you were the Bernank.

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  7. Stagflationary MarkJune 15, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    MaxedOutMama,

    Even the album's title applies today.

    Ride the Lightning

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  8. Who Struck JohnJune 16, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Someday soon, we will look back upon the current mess with wistful fondness, for the days when our problems were so minor and easily dealt with.

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  9. Stagflationary MarkJune 16, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Who Struck John,

    Let's do this just a bit every day!

    All we need to do is imagine today every so slightly worse than the previous day.

    Baby steps, lol. Sigh.

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  10. Stagflationary MarkJune 16, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Or even ever so slightly.

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  11. Who Struck JohnDecember 29, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    For whom the DOOM bell tolls.

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  12. Stagflationary MarkDecember 30, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    Who Struck John,

    Ask not! ;)

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