Friday, February 26, 2010

Quote of the Day (Pietro Aretino, on Winter)


“Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.”—Attributed to Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), Italian poet, prose writer, and dramatist

Oh, yeah? Easy for you to say, Signor Aretino, with that Mediterranean climate of yours. Just you try the Northeast U.S.A.

What I want to know is: If that’s the case, then where are all the freakin’ Einsteins running around these days? And why haven’t they figured out how to keep us from slipping on ice or throwing our backs out from shoveling foot after foot of snow this winter? Huh? Huh???

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