11/8/07

Ok, ok. I'm working on my stickwithitness. Be patient.
* Very rarely -- dare I say never -- is any given situation a perfect one. Something always will taint it and leave just enough room for doubt and unhappiness if you allow those things to fill that space. Part of finding whatever it is that makes you happy is deciding which of those imperfect aspects you're willing to work with. Accept. Make better. Maybe even learn from.
* FIFA has a World Cup for beach soccer.
* I imagine everyone gets at least a little giddy at the thought of being something special, even in the smallest way.
* During the Cold War, the U.S. government actually likened the "everyday risk" associated with the atomic bomb with that of slipping on a bar of soap in the shower. The "duck and cover" routine -- which was aimed at small children with a cartoon turtle and catchy jingle, mind you -- also apparently was just an easy way to get people on the ground so to better scoop their bodies up. Oh, and fallout shelters often served as areas that "asphyxiated or incinerated" those inside.
* Cats have scent glands on the sides of their faces, so rubbing their whiskers on things is one way of marking their territory ...according to a volunteer at the animal shelter.
* Don't underestimate people with truly great conversation skills. You probably won't find many of them.
* Keep a dictionary around. Especially when you read. (I laughed at my English teachers, too, but I guess they knew a thing or two after all.)
* "We never get back our youth. The pulse of joy that beat in us at 20 becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to."