Wonderful sentence, Mr. Cosh
December 17th, 2010 by John Mansfield
“Kids who leave high school either take up post-secondary education, and enter the most politically engaged space they’re likely to occupy in their entire lives, or they start earning paycheques—a moment at which government policy becomes frighteningly real, as if a monster in a children’s book had suddenly leapt off the page and started devouring the furniture.” (link)
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December 17th, 2010 14:45:54
Jeeves
December 17, 2010
Some may judge 50 to be excessively high. I have known several young gentlemen who had acquired discretion and judgment by the age of 45.
Zen
December 18, 2010
Worthwhile elections
Do not come from large turnouts
We need wise voters
Vader
December 19, 2010
Did you hear about the Zen Buddhist who visited a hot dog cart?
The vendor asked him what he wanted, and he said, “Make me one with everything.”
Bookslinger
December 20, 2010
He takes the hotdog and gives his money. When the vendor accepts his money without saying anything, the Buddhist asks about his change.
“Change comes from within,” says the vendor.