The Wisdom of Doctor Who

Last night I spent far too much time shopping for Doctor Who t-shirts online. The one I ordered is awesome, and possibly even more cryptic than the two I already own. But I digress. I came across the quotation below, and I quite like it.

It should be noted that the quotation is attributed to Doctor Who the television program, and not the character himself, as it's said by a one-off character, Elton Pope, in the 2006 episode "Love & Monsters". At least, I hope Elton Pope is a one-off character, because he's very annoying, and - SPOILER ALERT - at the end of the episode, he goes off to do presumably nasty things with a piece of concrete, but not in the way you might think.

The image is available at redbubble.com as a poster, a greeting card, an iPhone cover, a t-shirt, and more. So if you like it, go there any buy it.

RIP David Rakoff

One of my favorite storytellers died of cancer a few days ago. I knew him first as the voice of Dr. Seuss from this episode of Wiretap. This year, he told a story on the live This American Life show that has yet to fail to make me cry. Today I found out there's a video of it.