Laughter is like a windshield wiper, it doesn’t stop the rain but allows us to keep going. – Gérard Jugnot Being done with my candidacy exam, having Thursday and Friday of school cancelled, watching a video of a cat with its head stuck in a plastic cup, I can’t help laughing. And it feels good. Laughing…
Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso I like to say that if I start my day by waking up, then it’s a good day. But today, in particular, was an especially good day. Yes, my peanut butter and jelly sandwich was on point. Yes, I found a missing sock that had eluded…
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done. — Unknown Did you know that each dandelion flower produces 200 seeds? Or that a quarter of the world’s wealth is controlled by just 200 companies? Or that in 200 minutes, you will have taken about 2,600 breaths, blinked about 3,400 times, and…
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde Why is it, late at night, so comfortable in your bed, the quiet whir of crickets outside, your pillow like a sheep’s coat beneath your head, that all the regrets of the day storm into your skull. That…
The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. — Philip Roth I have been sitting here, now, for 30 minutes, trying to think of what to write. And still, the best thing I can come up with is something about cats. Typically, I turn to my everyday life for inspiration. Winning streak in basketball recently? Discuss…
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. – Fannie Lou Hamer Lately, I’ve been a little sleep deprived. Although I often remind you about the throes of graduate school (pity me, I say!), to be fully honest, my lack of sleep has a different origin: I found this great new show on…