illegitimi non carborundum

"My sense is that as long as you're striving to do what you're good at, and what turns you on, you can succeed and have fun. Yes, the labor market is saturated, but it's saturated with mediocrity. So fire up your engines; sharpen your pencils; pull up your socks; and remember that old line from Hunter S. Thompson, the doctor of journalism: when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

--Eric Francis, from Planet Waves, Dec. 17 2004