I am Dan Catullo and I say a lot of things.

A Blog created by Paul displaying various aspects of his friendship with Dan.

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"I am the John Maynard Keynes of this kitchen"

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Dan on Shakespeare

“Dan Giovanni...is what my enemies would call me, if my enemies were cultured enough to think of it.”

Over the years, Dan would request I write more on this blog but I feared it becoming mean-spirited and people taking it the wrong way. During my last visit to see Dan in New Paltz, we walked around the pond near Esopus Hall where we first met and became the best of friends. He told me that if the blog were still running, he would want me to include this. Rest in Peace, Dan Catullo.

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Dan on returning for the new semester

Dan: Sorry everyone. Everyone: Why sorry? Dan: I'm back.

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Dan on Fruit

Cloe: The best fruits are...mangos. Dan: The best fruit are easily bananas... especially when girls eat them.

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Dan on poetry

Dan: YOU'RE a better poet than I am. Me: Awww, don't put yourself down that much. Dan: You're not BAD. You're just...college good.

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Dan on his Photographic Memory

Dan: The trick is to have no one ever call your bluff. Speak with confidence.

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Dan On Chips and Dip

Man, whatever these things are and whatever this stuff is, it's amazing!

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Dan on being drunk

I have more soulmates when I'm drunk. Last night, I had, like, four...

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Dan on Finnegan's Wake

Dan: I've made progress on memorizing more of the first page of Finnegan's Wake. Me: How many more words? Dan: One word. Me: Which one? Dan: It's a hundred-letter word.

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Dan Recalling TV shows he hasn't seen in a while

Dan: I remember the show had a main character named cory Me: Boy meets world? Dan: Yes! Me: They're making a sequel series where Cory and Topanga are the parents of a new main character Dan: No way! I'm calling my sister! Me: It's 1:15 AM Dan: She's in the city. She never sleeps. Me: *Laughs loudly Dan: Haha, you're oxygen deprived! *proceeds to call his sister

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Dan telling us about the girl he met through twitter

Me: Does she have a name or just a handle? Dan: She's anonymous. Me: How do you know she's not some dude in his forties? Dan: She's definitely in her forties, but I'm pretty sure she's a girl.

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Dan While Doing Spanish HW

Me: From now on, you can only speak Spanish in the suite. Dan(singing): Come on, vamanos! Everybody let's go! 

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Dan Bragging

She threw up in MY toilet!

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Dan on Culture

"I'm not to blame for the pedestrian-ness of the unwashed masses!"

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Dan on Experts

Dan: I never trust experts on anything, and I spit on anyone who does. Experts are always wrong about everything, which was the entire premise of Cosmic Trigger III by the almost infallible Robert Anton Wilson. The experts were all deceived by Elmyr and Clifford Irving, and alot of them (like Sagan) were con-men themselves. Roman: kay then.

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Dan on July

"So far July is alot like June, which was suspiciously like May..."

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Dan on his profession

John: the fact that this guy calls himself a "professional sayer of truths" on his blog, alone, would lead me to suspect he is anything but. Dan: I call myself things like that all the time.