Friday, June 11, 2010

Bob and Ginnie, North of Market.

If it’s not paradoxical, it’s not the truth.

Erin Cummings, Alger heights.

Try everything twice... Just in case.

Shanna, Eastown

Love everybody. It’s easier than having to pick and choose

Andre, J, phillips

Hello, My name is Andre, J, Phillips and I am an aspiring inventor/ reinventor. And when I was in the Grand Rapids Main Library I was letting my fingers do the walking through the Astronomy section and a book jumped out at me. It is title “The Big Splat; or how the moon came to be” by Dana Mackenzie. When I was skimming through the book I got to a chart on pages 170-171.


    At that moment my life completely changed forever. I know how to solve it. When I read that chart it totally blew my mind. After reading it I had to sign up for the introductory Astronomy telecoms at the Community College. Who knew that science still had mysteries that haven’t been solved already?
I live in Jenison email me at: thedukeofyawn@warpmail.net or take a survey at www.votinggalxy.com. It is extra ordinary science.

I also recommend the movie title “The Dish” and the books titled “Many Skies” by Arthur upgren and “In the Blink of an Eye” by Ididnns Who.

You can find the first two at the Grand apids Main library and the third at theGrandville Library.

Enjoy.

Teion M. Crews, Grand Rapids, MI.

Winners make it happen’ losers, let it happen.. Be a winner and make it happen! It feels better being a winner, than a loser!!!

Anonymous

Trust no bitches you’ll get fucked over lust Bro.

Drive slow so your ex-hces (was hard to read this word, if it is not right, sorry.) can witness what they had.

Tom Campbell, Westside.

Lady Astor once observed that Winston Churchill was Drunk at a party they both were attending and told him as much to which Mr Churchill replied “My dear madam, i maybe drunk but your ugly. In the morning I’ll be sober but you’ll still be ugly!”

Orlando DexaRosa (It was hard to spell your last name... sorry if it is wrong.) (Tony)

I love you, Amy

Seuer Ajim (Lutter’s daughter)

I love working. I worked a lot for the festival. It is fun. I run the cash register and I’m only 10 3/4. If anyone thinks that I’m being forced to work, that is 100% incorrect. I choose to work, I have a choice of staying home and working. I choose to work because I help my parents, I don’t get too many breaks because I have to work.

Kris, (I live in a van)

Be polite and use your manners. We’re all in this together!

Anonymous, Downtwon

Word of K

be willing to be wrong
ask lots of question

Maggie Howard - Heritage Hill

Life sucks, thats what’s so wonderful about it.

“As soon as you’re born you start dying so you might as well have a good time”

Cake

Orlando DexaRosa (It was hard to spell your last name... sorry if it is wrong.) (Tony)

Amy Primm, I love you!!!

Brithy Doug

Word of knowledge never let ya friends run over you :(
Never!!!

Zac Thiel, Wealthy Street

“I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It’s the best that I can do
You say it’s in God’s hands?
Well God doesn’t always have
the best Goddamn plans, does He?”

                    -Wolf Parade


Facebook.com/smokingcrocodilercords

Deb Smith

Do unto others as you would have done to you.

Amber Stout, Grand Rapids, MI

You know you live in Michigan when you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time.

It’s beset not to open your mouth when spraying perfume or hair spray.

It's possible to be tongue - tied (literally attached). I was.

Cassie Villarreal, Wyoming, MI

“The lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
                                                                 -Psalm

“The greatest piece of advice I can think to pass on is to find someone, anyone, who cares about you and loves you no matter what. A friend when the rest of the world shuts you out.”

“Tell them to look up. Tell them to remember the stars”
                                                                 - Renee TWLOHA

Kevin Wilks, 44th and Burlingame - ish, Wyoming, MI

“Let he who is without sin be the first to cast a stone at her.”
                                      - John ?: ?


“Who are you to judge? What makes you better? Everybody makes mistakes and everybody has their faults. To pick at someone else’s faults is hypocrisy, which is the worst of all sins.”
Kevin Wilks, 44th and Burlingame - ish, Wyoming, MI

Anonymous

“I am not perfect, nor will I strive to be.”
                                         - Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October

Kurt, Downtown, GR

If the putt never gets to the hole, It will never go in.

Britany, Holland.

Smooth sailing, never made a skillful sailor...

Deanna, Middleville

The secret to happiness is comfortable shoes.

Valeial Phillip, Grand Rapids, MI

Success is measured not by the lining of one's pocketbook but by the number of connections and quality of the friends they keep.

p.s. Who is John Galt?

Claire Helakoski, Lawton, MI

If you're going to cry yourself a river, build yourself a boat.

C. Adams.

Red is such an angry colour.

JSprite

Never in the History of the Human Race has Water ever been Free.

Drew Phillippy

Integrity really is the element that we percieve in art that makes us decide that it is good. It is not the tangible things such as gence or style. It is integrity that counts the most.
and somehow... it can be felt. 

Anonymous

Thank you and come again!

Anonymous

I like you as moon but don't leave me alone.
I don't want be alone, I don't bbe alone.

I am very weak toward you
ask me why?

bbecause you take my soule,
soule, soule.

but listen thats not mean you will controt my life

I am like a free bird
but you know what I will leave my heart with you

but remember one time I will take it and leave you alone, alone, alone.

Chris

Carry me caravan take me away, take me to Portugal, take me to Spain, Andalucia with fields full of grain. I have to see you again and again.

Jessica Nader

If you are ever lost in the woods... Do not eat the red berries.......

Stefan palka, Boring Grand Rapids

If you put too many items in a skillet, the items won't brown. Important for mushrooms.

Ashlyn Jade, Coldwater, MI

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by live.
                                    - Buddha

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Dalla McCulloch, Eastown, GR

The most populated one syllable named city in the USA is Flint, MI.

V

Its really hard to forgive sometimes, but worth it!

Julian

It’s Tuesday, so the my beautiful Kava House wonder is working.
She’s quite a woman.
Alas, I shall never know her.

Anonymous

Bob Dylan was the first person to introduce the Beatles to Pot

Simone, K-zoo, MI

There are more stars than grains of sand in the world.

Anonymous

The pen is on my pants-
The pen is on my pants.
Where the pen is, I do not know
The pen is not on my pants.

Mike, Tamuuing, Guam/ GR

You can accomplish and succeed in everything that you put your mind to, but if you neglect to love and spend time with family and friends, it is all meaningless.

Andrew Julian, New Hampshire, Eastown, GR.

Remember the Fifth of November.
                        -John Lennon

Goy Fawkes night is a holiday held on the evening of Nov 5. to mark the failure of a plot to blow up the Houses of parliament in London in 1605.

Mark, Rochester

Whatever you build in life, spend most of your time on the foundation or structure. The extra time spent at the beginning will pay off in big dividends.

J Clark, your mom’s house

Turkey’s are so stupid, they can drown in the rain.

Joe

“Give me a big one
Grey, tusky long nose fellow
Where can I hide him”

Sean O’Connor, Cherry Hill

Haiku for you

“Sunshine smacks bear ass
It is smokey in the woods
Magnifying glass”

“Flap happy Fruit Bat
Smack into my skull and scream
Don’t snack on my scalp”

Clauielle (cannot read the last name, sorry!), Fuller and Fulton, GR

“... and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music”
                                                                  -Nietzsche

Jesse Kolberg, Heritage Hill

“Science can’t suck however it can have vacuum like properties!!!”

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Janet Foal, visiting heritage Hills, From Fort Wayne, IN

  1. Flowers will produce more blooms when you pick off the dead parts.
  2. The internet was inverted and became available to the public in 1993.
  3. Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were originally painted, not the pure white they are today. 
  4. The most prized Greek sculptures were bronze metal; very few are left due to being melted down for weapons

Anonymous

Ze Mee - Crofeelm ees een ze coppee cup z’at ees at your nine o’clock!

Ashlee Vinson, Grand Rapids, MI.

The reason one uses the term “layed” for describing a sexual encounter is because of Chicago’s most famous bordello called The Everleigh Club located in Chicago’s South Side Levee district.

The original phrase was “Getting Evesleighghed”, which was subsecquiently shortened and vulgarized.

“Getting Evenleighed” to “Getting layed”

and now you knowww!

Anonymous

Cheese: Proof that there is indeed a God
Puppies: proof that this God indeed loves us.

If someone reads this and likes neither cheese or puppies... well. I don’t think that is possible.

Kevin Harris (age 20), Grand Rapids.

The paper developed before the 20th century lasts longer than the paper we make today because of the acidic qualities of the wood we use and the process it is made by.

Marcia R. Harris, SE Grand Rapids.

The best predictors of health in the United States are income and education.

(My sister told me that cause I couldn’t think of one. I hope that’s not cheating.)


Here’s one of my own: In some cultures such as the Mayan Yucatecl the first gray hair is celebrated as a new “coming of wisdom” and elevates a person to a higher level of respect.

Ps. we need a new pen. this one sometimes dies... never mind my dad said it was the grease on the paper... oops...

Clint Harris, Southeast Grand Rapids.

Background: I am a genitive physician. I have treated hundreds of patients on hospice and compelled hundreds of death certificates. My father is presently under hospice care.
This is like a long swim in Lake Michigan compared to splashing water on my face.

Christina Harris (age25), Grand Rapids

“Turkish coffee is made with finely ground coffee beans boiled on the stove... cowboy style, and flavored with cardamom  and sugar. It is served in cute little cups.”

Weeds (Showtime.)

Something happened today...
Something else will happen tomorrow.

Grandma Pat

Better to have been a “has been” than a “never was”.

Ali Lorimer, Heritage Hill Rocks!!!

Conformity makes everyone around you happy but yourself...

Mike Kinzing, Madison, WI

“Strive to communicate with honestly and good will.”

Lisa Hilfiker Meusik, Madison, Wi

From one who knows...
“Live like you’re dying.”

Anonymous

Take what you can, Give nothing back
                                      -Captain jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean

Todd Ronelgien (Sometimes I don’t know what to feel)

“Sometimes i just feel so afraid, but I know that no one else has it made, so if I just believe in myself, I don’t need help from nobody else and I can make it out and watch another day dawn.”

                        -To be continued...

Drew Thicl, GR, MI.

  • “The universe is shaped exactly like the earth, if you go straight a a long enough you’ll end up where you were”
                       -Modest mouse 3 rd Planet
  • Nothing beats being at home with your family. 
  • Mike Powell is awesome!

K. Juno, Eastown

BRICKROAD Pizza on Wealthy St does open Mic Nights every Wednesday from 7 to 9 PM.

Cannot read the author's name... sorry

Booey?

Sarah Foster, Eastown, MI

“Not all who wonder are lost”

June Rayburn, GR, MI.

“Did you know that the wind, when it blows, it is older than Rome and our joy and our sorrow!”
“Don’t forget what you’ve learned all you give is returned and if life seems absurd, what you need is some laughter.”
“In truth, the forest hears each sound, each bade of grass as it lies down.
The world requires no audience, no witnesses.”
All by Bright Eyes

Lauren, Cherry St.

Never judge someone, no matter how badly they smell, until you know them.

Alex, St. Joseph, MI.

Just keep trying.

Will, GR

 out and the response is anything other than an emphatic “Yes,” just walk away. Pretend it never happened.

Will, GR

Anonymous

Many things are not meant to be but life can still e fun...
:)

Emmaly, Grand Rapids, MI

Today is the day!
Stop waiting.
Tomorrow might be too late...

Christina “Christina”, Grand Rapids, MI

Don’t bring a girl to a movie on a first date.

Nicholas, Grand Rapids

Worrying is useless. It does not help in anyway.

Karen Karen, Downtown GR.

You don’t need to fear despair. Accept it as part of life. Optimism and “moving on” and “hard work” can cloud reality. FEEL!

Karen Karen, Downtown GR

Dum Spiro spen
(Latin for: “While I breath, I hope”)

Cynthia, Grand Rapids

Duct tape for women:
An easy way to hem your pants to any length you need for any shoe height. nobody needs to know and if need, it becomes a unique conversation piece.

Susan

Capitalism Kills!

Lil sister.

Dream as if you’ll live forever,
Live as if you’ll die today.

Darika Burt

Live you life to the fullest everyday and Cherish it like its your last. Keep your head up and lift people’s spirit

Amy Johnson, EGR

Music is amazing it can lift your spirit when your down or bring your spirit down when your feeling good. Anyway, live like their is no tomorrow and listen to music always.

Cannot read the name... sorry, Middlevill, MI

Whatever happens, happens!

Beverly, Rockford, MI

The word of God is living and active, Sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates, even to dividing soul and spirit, joint and marrow. It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Heb 4:12) or (heb 12:4)

Michelle - Grand Rapids, MI

Milk and a tablespoon of lemon juice can substitute for buttermilk.

Danny Sleillman (age 9)

“Always keep your eyes open, because, if you keep em’ closed, you might get lost”

Swami, GR - KZOO.

“Sometimes we put up walls - not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to climb over.”

‘the present is a gift, and I just want to be.“ common

“If you want to make the world a better place. Take a look at yourself and make that change.”   
                                                                                           - MJ

Emma, GR.

Believe in the sun when it is not shining, in love ven when you are alon and in God even when he is silent.

Kristi, Chicago, IL

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.

Peace, love and equality in 2010.

Kylyssa

Spend less time trying to fit in and more time trying to get by.

RTA

  1. This book needed some color
  2. Always bring rain gear to Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts.
  3. Ideas regarding the super natural will not provide food or shelter
  4. I can tell its a family business, but that little girl was working at 11am and is still here at 9 pm. I hope she had a break.
  5. Mmmm. Hot Chocolate.
  6. Friendship is the best thing. Never give up and ???(a word that I can not read) over this years’ new model.

Amanda Jo Boutwell, Cuttlerville, Mi

Life is wonderful when you have the lord and prayer.
God Bless.

Sam and Niki

Talk shi*; get hit
Talk bad; people get mad

Sever Ajino.

if you want someone to be interested in you, you have to be yourself.

Adrienne

Visit: the TWAYcollection.com

See amazing art and custom sneakers!
By Tyler way

That’s my knowledge for you.
Accept and love

Rebecca and Amanda

Life is short!
Don’t sweat the small stuff.

Emily Krance, Bowling Green, OH

“Peninsula” comes from the Latin “paene insula” or “Almost island” - so you almost live on an island...

Kate Allen, Ann Arbor

The word “asphalt” is derived from the Greek X - opzMw - (a - spallo) - “to not slip” or “to not make to slip.”

Love Kyle Wood, Grand Rapids

You’ll never know when the lies end and the truth begins, but you’ll always know where your friends are.

Tiffany - Downtown GR - Heritage Hills.

Having children will be the craziest adventure you will ever undertake. Love, live and teach them to THINK FOR THEMSELVES. Don’t impose your viewpoint on them - let them make up their own minds. Enjoy every minute - good and bad. this is all we have.

Doose Ngwuren Apw

Eat Healthy
Some kids are getting fat because they eat too many things with fat in then. If you want to lose weight then exercise each day for about 20 minutes. So get off the couch and start a healthy life. Go to the gym, take walks, and eat vegetables. If you want to look young then eat healthy.

Anonymous

Dolphins sleep with one eye open

Mason

Two heads are better than one!!!

Some of the concrete in the Hoover dam is still wet

Theresa Holliman, justin Holliman, Kyle Koster, Michael Phong Kenowa Hills intermediate School - Trip to downtown (6-3-2010), Walker, MI.

Louis Campau the founder of Grand Rapids, Mi was also G.R.’s first fur-trader and its first settler.

You have not truely lived until learn to laugh at yourself.

Seues Ajim, Michigan

Stop smoking!!!
please stop smoking if you can. I know that it’s addicting. But please don’t smoke. Smoking will destroy your dreams. your brain will get damaged. Think before you start smoking or take drugs. Think about how it will effect your life first. One thing that happens when you take drugs or start smoking is that your brain cells start to die and die until you kill yourself. Try to keep from getting heart disease. If you don’t smoke that is great. Don’t waste money on cigarettes. Don’t smoke. Remember smoking = killing yourself. if you want to live a happy life don’t smoke and your dreams will come true if you smoke you may destroy your chances of having a good life. Make the world  better place. Stop smoking .

Facts.
if you smoke, your lungs become black.
if you smoke, you damage lung tissue. 
if you smoke, you may get emphysema.
if you smoke, your alveoli (tiny air sacs) get damaged,
if you smoke, or take drugs yo may experience memory loss,
    now remember smoking = killing yourself.

Sarah Mitchell

Do everything with enthusiasms.

Anonymous, Grand Rapids.

Coke is better than Pepsi
McDonald's is better than Burger King.
Go Java is better than Biggby, (But is tied with Bitter End).

Merissa Matbery

Sometimes things happen that you can’t explain and don’t understand... You end u driving yourself crazy wondering why. Being sad shows emotion, being strong gets you through, its the unconditional love that makes the pain go away! So cry because it hurts! Pray to get the strength you need... and smile knowing the love you have for one another.

When life gives you lemons put them in your bra to make your boobs bigger! :)

you live and you learn!

Chris, GR

I love your iced caramel latte.


(was recorded from the Go Java Coffee House)

Kristi, Downtown GR , 6-05-2010

Hapiness is a choice. And life really is a journey, not a destination. Drink Strong coffee.

Merissa Malbery

Sometimes things happen that you can’t explain and don’t understand... You end u driving yourself crazy wondering why. Being sad shows emotion, being strong gets you through, its the unconditional love that makes the pain go away! so cry because it hurts! Pray to get the strength you need... and smile knowing the love you have fo one another.

Grace Rivera

Two is better
Then one.

Justin, Allendale

An armadillo is the only animal that can get leprosy.

Chelsea, Downtown GR.

Life without passion is like an ocean without water, though vast and deep it is empty!

Lauren boker, Wyoming, MI

When learning something new, like in a business, it’s really important to write what you do down. And also, how the things you do affect or change the result. That way, not only you know your progress, but those around you, like investors or managers, can also see how awesome you are.

Candice Connell, Crete, Illinois

In order to draw something from life it is essential to momentarily forget what you think that you know and take time to learn to see. Don’t look passively, look actively. Then you will really know how to world is proportioned.

Olivia, Baxter Neighborhood, East GR.

“Try not to spend too much time worrying about what might happen, life will never throw anything at you that you can’t handle.

“”I am not afraid. I was born for this” 
                                              - Joan of Arc

Zack Taylor, Morley stanwood

“Speak with a soft voice and swing with a big stick”

Danielle Alexander, Baxter Neighborhood, East Grand Rapids

“Whatever you’re going through, remember: this too shall pass”

Kyle, Sparta

The largest living thing on the face of the planet is a mushroom under ground in Oregon. It measures 3 1/2 miles in diameter

(someone commented on the post in the book: Kyle = it's mycelium not a mushroom)

Elizabeth, Sparta

All the clocks in “Pulp Fiction” are stuck on 4:20.

And

P.S... your nails grow faster at night

Amber, Sparta

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Ainoliy Schubed, Grand Rapids (6-5-2010)

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
                           -Robert Frost

Joshua, GR. 616-

Everyday is a good day. Only filled with differences in events.

Anonymous, 76 Coffee

When we sit a 76,
shitty tattoo boy
shows us his ink
He is “undatable”
not only because
of his shitty ink
BA - he also wears
long denim shorts
and we’re the only chicks
at 76
with better ink than everyone
here - put together -
anyway -
... So... there you go.
and we’re not on line, wasting time
just hungry and spittin' rhymes
at east there aren’t any mines
And the sun will shine
again in a couple hours
but we’ll hang till the powerstatbc(unreadable)
Kick us out of this seat
and into the street

Jason Kaleta, SE GR

Fact:
Those people wasted this sheet of paper. WTF mate?
Assumption: They aren’t very nice.
Slander: They are @!#?=*!

Saturday, Jun5, 2010 9:00pm
    I’m pretty sure oil still pours into the ocean thanks to BP. I saw pictures of pelicans and seabirds yesterday. They were far too covered in oil to move. We are killing the oceans. Dead zones are on the rise.

Judith Butles, Westside, Berkely

Fact: those being pleasured by the power structure will ever agree with you, nor will they disagree.

Harpo-Bruce Marx-Campbell

A duck’s quack obesnt echo.

Sean Marvin, Midtown

In space, nobody can hear you scream. Nor can they see you cry, tears cannot flow without gravity.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Molly, Grand Rapids, MI

Trees help us breathe, so stop cutting them down.

Charlie, Gr, Michigan

Blood isn't red in your body, it is blue. it turns red when it reaches oxygen.

Caroline, Rochester, MI

"All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need."

Corrie, Rochester/ Eastown

Enjoy beauty.
Do good.
Love truth.
(and never stop learning.)

When you travel to a new place, shop at the local markets and eat the local food. Culture is built around our basic human functions - eating is one of them. Humans share this basic need, but express its fulfillment in some many diverse and creative ways.

Specific fact: "kelewele" is a fried plantain snack, spiced with ginger and pepper and native to West Africa. Best enjoyed with groundnuts, Star (a brand of beer from Ghana) and a good companion.

Also, the item on displaying the women's restroom of this coffee shop is used to sweep kitchen floors in Ghana?

Caroline, Rochester, MI

Forgive him/ her.

Caroline, Rochester, MI

Laugh - even if you don't have a reason to.

Youtube - "Laughter yoga"

Barb, Rochester, MI

Between what we expect and what we experience is usually a gap. What we do with the gap effects everything. Do use "assume the worst" or "expect the best." I'm learning to expect the best - why not?


(P.S. - buy good pens!)

Lil, Grand Rapids

Celebration is a good thing.
Celebrate often!

(I love Kava)

Emily Liuumole, East Grand Rapids

Life is too short to work like a dog.

Allison Backous, East Town

The ache in your muscles, after a long run or some other kind of exercise, comes from lactic acid, produced by your body during activity.

Anonymous, Gaia Cafe

Anonymous, Gaia Cafe

Once a character rode for a
      long, long while
And in his glove compartment where
      he kept his smile.
Wa a secret that when it's
      creases were smoothed
Reminded him of something new.

                                          - From the song, "Something New"
                                                      By Dr. Kate Velenga Meriwether, Washington D.C.

Richard S. Rasmsen, Eastside of Grand Rapids

Choose your path, But don't hesitate to choose another if you encounter grizzlies, highwaymen, or a better looking path1

Anonymous, Gaia Cafe

"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"

Caleb K. Brennan

  • Knowledge is Power; Understanding is Art.
  • faith and doubt, like success and failure share an intricate fraternity.
  • Life is faceted with many moods and emotions; Art can and does) have room for them all.

Elisa Musso Rasmusen

Anything in excess becomes a burden.

K. Kaylor Midtown

Weep not, my love, 
Weep not, my love, 
Your heart is close to me me. 
You fucking bitch, 
ungrateful cunt,
Your heart is close to me. 
Oh, do not fear, 
I am nearer than near, 
Your heart is close to me. 
I'll gouge out your eyes
and pound in your fucking 
heard, 
You fucking bitch whore, 
Your heart is close to me.

J. Clark, Midtown

MLK Jr. Attempted to end his life twice at the age of 12, by trying to jump out of his 2 nd story bedroom window. Thank the powers that may be that he was unsuccessful.

Ben (age 10), East Grand Rapids

Always eat your veggies, live long in prosper.

Will (age 8), Est Grand Rapids

Also, East Grand Rapids has Jersey Junction.

Tim (age 4), East Grand Rapids

God gets rain down here for the vegetable to grow.

Brooke VanDomelen East Town

To dry herbs, you can wrap them in paper towel tightly and place them in a sunny area of your home.

By 9 mouths old, babies can tell when someone in the room is speaking a different language - not by sound, but by the way a person's mouth is moving.