Tonight is SB C. Jane’s launch party for Spirit Traffic: A Mother’s Journey of Self-Discovery and Letting Go. I doubt I can attend, but we’ll review this book in the near future. (Sneak peek … I liked this book a lot.) If you find yourself within striking range of Burlington, VT, stop in and raise a glass with SB C. Jane. Here’s a description of the event: Join us as ArtsRiot is converted into a Motorcycle Clubhouse for the night. Everyone is invited to enjoy an adventure book reading followed by audience members sharing their own stories in a Moth-style story hour on the theme “Adventure as I See It.”
ArtsRiot is a “go-to venue for art you can see, hear and taste. Bar & restaurant open at 6 pm, 400 Pine St. Burlington.
C. Jane’s book is published by SB Bill Schubart. You’ve met him before:
Parties are different these days. They used to be about witty verbalisms and formal, performed jokes. These days … well, we don’t what parties are like these days. They’ve fallen victim to stricter drinking and driving laws, political correctness, and advancing years. Interestingly, C. Jane posted this list of insults recently on Facebook. They would have come in very handily at a cocktail party circa 1936. PS– note the preponderance of old, snarky, white guys on this list. SB SM]
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.” – Winston Churchill, in response
And a few more to ponder:
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” – Forrest Tucker
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?” – Mark Twain
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” – Mae West
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.” – Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” – Billy Wilder
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I’m afraid this wasn’t it.” – Groucho Marx
The exchange between Winston Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, “If you were my husband I’d give you poison.” He said, “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.”
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” – Abraham Lincoln
“There’s nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won’t cure.” — Jack E. Leonard
“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” — Thomas Brackett Reed
“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.” — James Reston (about Richard Nixon) —Robert L Truesdell