2013 Musings Collection

  • After not liking what I saw in the mirror, my resolution for the new year is to take matters into my own hands and at all costs … avoid mirrors.

  • We can now freely admit that the only reason we went through 2013 was because it was impossible to get to 2014 without it.

  • I told Siri she reminded me of her mother. Now for every question I ask I get “so… now you want my opinion?”.

  • I was staring death in the face. Waiting to see who would blink first. Then I realized it was just a Smiley sticker.

  • I thought this week I would focus on self deprecating one-liners, but it turns out I’m not very good at those either.

  • Do Zombies ever have a truely good day?

  • If it wasn’t for that aromatherapist on the bus, the guy with the heart attack would have been a gonner.

  • Is it dangerous to put pasta and antipasta in the same container? I’m curious, but afraid to try it.

  • What separates us from the rest of the animals is our ability, regardless of where or when, to disregard our surroundings and with great intent, stare at our phone.

  • I was just told that what’s important is what’s on the inside. And that is supposed to cheer me up??

  • My doctor says he can’t be sure if the Placebo pills he prescribed are actually doing anything or if it is just the Placebo effect.

  • I’ve just received my diploma as “Honorary Vegetarian” as recognition that though I eat meat, I think it’s wrong.  My hypocrite diploma is arriving next week.

  • We are at war with everything else on the planet. The good news is we are winning. The bad news… You figure it out.

  • You learn something new every day. (That’s what I learned today).

  • One day at a time That’s what I say, at maximum two. Three days at a time is really just too much work.

  • When flying, I often pretend that the whole plane is gone except me and my seat soaring through the air. After that I usually go to the bathroom, which is pretty scary with the whole plane gone.

  • Trying to see things from my point of view. But sometimes it’s not easy.

  • Reincarnation is interesting, but I am still trying to figure out if there is life before death.

  • My Roomba is dating the toaster. God, I hope they are careful.

  • I used to like people, until I discovered I was one of them.

  • I think I might actually be half mermaid.

  • If you take all the people in the world and lay them side by side, then you must be a very bored yet, influential person.

  • A Smellfie, the act of smelling yourself to see it you can get away with wearing that shirt one more day.

  • To my dismay my proposed show: ‘America’s got snot’ a reality show involving nose picking, was accepted and will air next season.

  • I got a little drunk at the party last night. But later his wife called and asked for me to drive him home.

  • If milk and aspirin have it, I think that superstition, scripture and other nonsense need an expiration date as well.

  • My conversations with myself at night are quite boring. Too predictable.

  • We are the kindest, gentlest and most tolerant. And we’ll kill anyone who doesn’t agree.

  • Ever since I learned that Buddhism claims the key to less suffering is getting rid of craving, I really really really want to be a Buddhist…

  • He was driving her nuts, even though she specifically asked him to leave them at home.

  • My doctor says that what I have is post birth syndrome.

  • Yesterday in a spontaneous moment I got a bicycle for my grandfather. Today I woke up thinking maybe that wasn’t the best trade in the world.

  • Wondering today about the big questions. Why am I here? What does this all mean? And where did I leave the car?

  • I used to have free will. Now it is $19.99.

  • The germs opened a Twitter account and said that although they are proud of their contribution to history, it would be nice to get a little more respect.

  • Bummer. Tried to return the invisibility cloak I bought but the customer service agent couldn’t see me.

  • My personal trainer at the gym said I could increase my results dramatically just by showing up.

  • Showed them.  Today at the restaurant the waiter asked if he could seat us. I told him we are booked for now, but might be able to squeeze them in at 9:30.

  • They say our biggest problem is indifference and apathy. That might be true, but I don’t really care.

  • If all the world is a stage, then who the hell is responsible for casting?

  • Under that rough exterior, lies a truly unpleasant person.

  • For a system that claims to absolutely know things that it really doesn’t, belief gets much too much respect.

  • If you are the only one who remembers an event, did it really happen? Does it even matter?

  • We have the freedom to do exactly as we are told.

  • Since at this point it is futile to lie about my age, I now lie about the date.

  • Puzzled. I just watched a 20 minute clip called ‘Playing the Ukulele in 5 minutes’.

  • The Nobel prizes are just around the corner. I’m holding my breath, but don’t want to jinx it again by calling them.

  • I lay awake all night worrying about my insomnia.

  • I felt a little weird being the only one in class attracted to the lower part of the mermaid.

  • The antique business lobbyists are really pushing for the development of a time machine

  • I’ve stopped viewing going to the bathroom as a hassle and started viewing it as proof that something still works.

  • The results of my exhaustive comparative research project comparing Iceland and Israel are in:
    Iceland – Israel.
    Huge – tiny.
    Hardly any people – way too many people.
    Endless supply of water – no water.
    Endless supply of energy – no energy.
    No neighbors – surrounded by neighbors that want to kill you.
    Freezing cold – Scorching hot.
    No humus – best humus in the world.

  • Amazing! Did you know in Iceland sheep have 147 words for grass.

  • Bummer. My atonement this year was rejected. They said I was late with my atonement fees. Great. Now I have to atone for that too!

  • Couldn’t sleep I was so giddy with excitement. Two of my LinkedIn contacts endorsed my new working skills.

  • Could it be everyone got it wrong? During my recent trip to Pisa noticed the tower was completely vertical but everything around it was leaning.

  • Try , try and try again and you will be triumphant. Otherwise you might just end up umphant.

  • Better to have lost and been completely obliterated than to have never lost at all.

  • I don’t think Infinity is as large as people think it is.

  • Bad news. Turns out that between the two of us… I was the imaginary friend.

  • I had the feeling we already talked about your deja vu.

  • Just came back from a retrospective show held by my dentist. He presented every filling he ever performed. Fascinating.

  • I’m a man of modest ambitions. My only dream is to, one day, have a disorder named after me.

  • I found that the best way for me to deal with my lack of energy was a really good nap.

  • I was using my paper based mobile device and noticed that it did not remember where I had read to. I guess they still have some bugs to work out.

  • Idea for my new business: “We make antiques, while you wait.”

  • This is embarrassing. I can’t remember if I pretended to have read this book or not…

  • Home is where you know the WiFi password.

  • I’m not  really all that interested in the anti-bribery law. But if you make it worth my while… I’ll definitely promote it for you.

  • We decided to call it a day. But that seemed the wrong name for a puppy.

  • I was planning on doing some procrastinating, but it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to get to it today.

  • I finally managed to get the t shirt, the tote bag, the three caps and both keychains from the ‘Defying Materialism’ conference.

  • I’m afraid to leave the house tomorrow. My eyeglass prescription is set to expire then.

  • Turns out…prioritization is really not that important.

  • If we were made in his image… it is no wonder he has issues with self esteem.

  • It’s quite amazing how much of life we spend accumulating matter that (we think) matters and discarding matter that (we think) doesn’t matter. Where in reality they both matter very little.

  • I feel terrible. Yesterday I nonchalantly checked the box saying “I have read the terms and conditions” when in fact I hadn’t… What will happen when they find out?

  • I think it unfair that airlines tease us with the knowledge that our seats can be used as floatation devices, yet they never give us a chance to check that out..

  • Yay! You can now get your kids delivered with soft drink names.

  • Like the US government, I too can totally destroy anyone in my vicinity with my drone.(I just go on and on and on)

  • In order to make GPS devices seem more human, our next version is going to be asking ‘are we there yet?’ every 11 minutes.

  • I keep trying to convince them it is just déjà vu but they insist I really was there before and please return those books already

  • The slogan of the cannibal nutrition board. ‘You eat what you are’.

  • I should be more satisfied with my result of coming in second in the mediocrity contest.

  • Do not let the inner peace of others destroy your anxiety.

  • I finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up. Really, really old.

  • What do we want? Better memory! when do we want it? Purple!

  • My new form of Pilates is focused more on people who find movement distasteful.

  • I’m very retrospective. Most of my time is devoted to: “what the hell was I thinking?”.

  • My aim was always to be lean and mean. But then I got to thinking… What’s so great about lean?

  • My newest book is called: ‘Body building from A to Z’. Where to get parts, what electricity to use, How not to get caught.

  • The reason I don’t like being around self-centered people is that they don’t give me enough attention.

  • I don’t know why this is, but I find that other people are much more annoying than I am.

  • I alway try to keep a few depressing thoughts on hand just in case I find myself unnecessarily cheerful.

  • Since Coca Cola doesn’t make bottles carrying our son’s name, we did the only responsible thing… We changed his name to Coca Cola.

  • My new service will allow you to sublet your gym membership to people who will actually go to the gym.

  • Our new campaign at the soup council aims to improve the image of soup. The new clips show beautiful, successful people eating soup while skiing, in a wrestling match and during open heart surgery. I can’t wait to see the impact they have.

  • Referring to me as a living legend is only half true

  • Yesterday, I almost had fun. Fortunately, just in time, I remembered all the things I needed to get done.

  • Work on my autobiography is progressing nicely. Since a major part of it consists of  trips to the grocery, I am trying to find some way of instilling a sense of adventure to at least some of them.

  • I’m such a private person. When I sneeze I only find out about it the next day.

  • Yesterday I suddenly developed my own herd mentality.

  • I was appalled to just learn that in third world countries they don’t even have their names on soft drink bottles. This outrage must come to an end!

  • Actions speak louder than words, so could you please stop all action between 2 and 4.

  • You call yourselves friends? Why didn’t anyone tell me I had cow manure all over my head all weekend?

  • I hate that I’ve become so judgmental. And I’m really not very good at it, if I say so myself.

  • I am currently looking for new plot twist ideas for my upcoming autobiography.

  • This morning when nature called it was the first time I realized I had call waiting

  • I might not be any good at playing jazz but I am really good at listening to it.

  • Research has shown that research is hard. That is why 83.5% of the time we make things up.

  • I slept like a baby. A depressed, overweight, smelly baby with hemorrhoids.

  • My hope is that as I get older interest in me will grow as I will be start to be considered retro.

  • היתה לי התרוממות רוח היום. אני צריך להפסיק לאכול את הפשטידה הזו.

  • My friend says he doesn’t know whether to stop smoking because it is so expensive or because it kills you. It’s a huge dilemma.

  • After years I finally located my Settings Control Panel. Under the Behavior section it said: ‘ To continue antisocial behavior, do nothing’.

  • Everyone always concentrates on the negative and no one ever sees the kinder, gentler side of zombies. There is definitely prejudice at work here.

  • I sometimes wonder if other people are as self-centered as I am. And if they are, what’s in it for me?

  • ל״ג בעומר נותן לנו את ההזדמנות להנציח ולחגוג את הפעם הראשונה שבר-כוכבא גנב עגלת סופרמרקט

  • With Mosquitos around I always get drunk. They just like me.

  • The one big advantage I have over Bach, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci and Newton is that I am alive. So there!

  • I keep wondering about the previous pope and whether once he left they came the next day and disconnected his direct line to god.

  • I met this sorceress today and asked her to make me a sandwich. Now I’m looking for someone who knows how to  reverse this.

  • I thought our new cat really loved me until I saw that the armchair received exactly the same treatment.

  • My goal is every year to do one thing better than ever. This year I am thinking embezzlement.

  • I can’t remember. Before smartphones did we just stop and stare at our hands every few minutes?

  • The good news is I look fabulous for a 72 year old.

  • With 300 people on a plane in that tiny space, you wonder what makes up the air we are breathing there. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

  • My heart goes out to the poor sign-language translator who sprained her hand during that interview with the Tourettes patient.

  • I Don’t get why I can’t have my cake and Edith too.

  • Thank you everyone for the wonderful birthday greetings! They warmed my heart and almost made up for being completely ignored during the rest of the year.

  • I feel I’ve aged a lot. Especially during these last 57 years.

  • I don’t get what the big deal is about capital punishment. If we also punish lower case… will that be ok?

  • Turns out Freedom is just another word for panty liner.

  • Money doesn’t buy you happiness but it does allow you to be miserable in more places.

  • Now that God’s direct connection, the Pope, has left. It appears that God is going wireless.

  • Nearly everyone I know has been sexually transmitted.

  • The only reason I insist on being myself is that everyone else is taken.

  • My kids say I should spend more quality time with my iPhone.

  • A few days ago, I was just sitting there, when suddenly… Hey wait a minute. That wasn’t me.

  • Maybe not everyone sees this as a good thing. But perhaps that course I took ‘becoming a pope in 3 easy lessons’ will finally pay off.

  • With age my aches and pains have become so much more fascinating to me. It is quite incredible.

  • Death. The silent killer.

  • Siri said I spend too much time with my kids and should be spending more quality time with her.

  • Something is wrong with a belief system when it consists almost entirely of restrictions.

  • I’m currently working on a comprehensive errata of last year’s events.

  • 300 DPI. My new year’s resolution.

  • I said I couldn’t care less.  I was wrong. I  could.

  • People believe we were made in God’s image and and have no problem worshiping a smelly, hairy, obnoxious, self centered creature with gas.

  • I’m pushing a law to prohibit photoshopping pictures of vegetables in ads. Normal vegetables are developing debilitating inferiority complexes when they compare themselves to these.

  • Yes. of course I believe in tolerance. You are free to practice your beliefs and I am free to follow your restrictions.

  • People… It’s like they have a life of their own.

After not liking what I saw in the mirror, my resolution for the new year is to take matters into my own hands and at all costs … avoid mirrors.

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