Dolorous Gabe

The terrifyingly slow and painful death of debate is encroaching upon us.

"And the last thing that he said on earth is God is great and God is good, then he blew them all to kingdom come, upon the road to peace"

"So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go"

"Hey little bird, will you be the one to nest beneath my gatling gun" - The Low Anthem (Boeing 737)

"I left my bible by the side of the road, carved my initials in an old dead tree" - Walk Away by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan

“But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony--Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?” All Quiet On The Western Front

"What's a god compared to a nice bowl of onion soup?" - Dolorous Edd

"Anything you absorb you will ultimately secrete. It’s inevitable. Most of us are an original painting, and it’s a mystery to us what is learned and what is borrowed, what is stolen and what is born, what you came with and what you found while you were here" - Tom Waits

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire is a brilliant album, definitely their masterpiece thus far.

(spoiler alert) I am a secret Targaryen. I will have my dragon now please!

The Lineages And Histories Of the Great Houses Of The Seven Kingdoms truly is a ponderous tome