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March 26, 2012

Three questions


Tolstoy's children's story poses and answers "Three Questions":
1. What is the best time to do each thing?
2. Who are the most important people?
3. What is the most important thing to do?
Answers:
1. The most important time is now. The present is the only time over which we have power.
2. The most important person is the one you are with.
3. The most important thing is to do good to the person you are with.

March 13, 2012

Epic


To this day I rely on my Twitter followers for arcane information, most recently some updates on the vernacular speech of the young. Who knew that "sick" is the new "awesome," and that "epic" is the rightful substitute for "amazing?" Twitter knew.

-- Margaret Atwood