Nota Bene #124: I’m a Doctor, Not an Engineer

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“I don’t believe in this fairy tale of staying together for ever. Ten years with somebody is enough.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #123: Behold the Chickenosaurus

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 1 ]

“There ought to be limits to freedom.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #122: OWStanding

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 1 ]

“When I lie on the beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above and I am looking into this very deep, indescribable night, it is something that escapes my vocabulary to describe. Then I think: ‘God, I have no importance. Whatever I do or don’t do, or what anybody does, is not more important than the grains of sand that I am lying on, or the coconut that I am using for my pillow.’” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #121: Birds of an Ancient Feather

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“Television is an invention whereby you can be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your house.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! Full story »


Nota Bene #120: Crazy Ivan

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 2 ]

“If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s earth.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #119: Think! It Ain’t Illegal Yet

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 3 ]

“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #118: VOTE!

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #117: Wake Up!

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“Hollywood is so crooked that Mafia gangsters are entirely outclassed and don’t stand a chance. People in Hollywood are smarter. They have more sophisticated knowledge of money and deals and how to steal legally rather than illegally.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #116: Long Live Elena Pavlichenko

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Arts & Literature, Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 1 ]

“I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn’t allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #115: RIP No. 32

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 2 ]

“If you’re really pro-life, do me a favor—don’t lock arms and block medical clinics. If you’re so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #114: Big Star

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“The radio makes hideous sounds.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #113: Seth’s Near-Death

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 2 ]

“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #112: GOOOLLLLLLLL

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #111: Mmmmm… Beeeeeer

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 6 ]

Sorry for the long absence. Let’s carry on, shall we? “If you listen to the guys up in the stands, pretty soon you’ll be up there sitting with them.” Who said it? Full story »


“In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #109: You Can’t Tuna Fish

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 2 ]

“It’s absolutely stunning to me, the contempt in which the network holds the audience. The idea that these people have standards is laughable.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #108: Mm-mm, Time for Pi

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #107: Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 1 ]

“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #106: [no title due to budget cuts]

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]

“Working for a major studio can be like trying to have sex with a porcupine. It’s one prick against thousands.” Who said it? Full story »


Nota Bene #105: The Illustrated Dick

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Features, Nota Bene [ Comments: 2 ]

“When all you are becomes defined as the amount of information traceable to you, what are we then? What have we become, in a world where there is no separation, no door, no filter beyond which we can say, ‘No. This is my personal space. Not yours. Here I am alone with my thoughts and free of any outside influence or control. This, you cannot have.’ I don’t know, but I don’t want to find out.” Who said it? Full story »