Let me share the following email I received tonight from my friend who is also my cat sitter. Hi! Thought I should tell you about Aimee’s adventure today. First, keep in mind she is now ok and sitting under my sofa.
So, I’m sitting on my couch one day, watching television, and I’m right beside the big window in the living room with the great view out over the park, the bridge, and the ant hill-like apartments nearby. And I can’t help but notice that a nearby apartment is filled with light, like those bright lights from a studio photo shoot, and that there are two people inside, kanoodling.
My good friend Julie has come up with a cool idea. She’d like to be able to use a Web site that allows you to get walking directions from one place to another, instead of driving directions.
When Susie and I announced we were going to be married, the reviews were decidedly mixed, and I’ve always resented that. So when a friend announced her engagement to me a year ago, I wished her the best and meant it. But now, having seen her married…
The online meeting organization site, Meetup, is charging $9 / month from now on. People are frothed up. I say, the service was better than good enough when it was free, so why not pay for it?
What is the fascination with wax museums? It’s much stronger in Canada. There’s one just across the water in Victoria, and my Canadian friends are always telling me I should visit it. I think it’s climate related.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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