La Vie En Rose for 2006 January 24

Stacy left her cheetos on the desk at work. Bad move, Stacy.

I've come up with a new research methodology. Here is how it goes: orchestrate a conversation with a friend in which I complain about my lack of a question to ask. Pose a theoretical question I could ask, but have no desire to, or no way to answer it. From that, come up with an alternative/related question that I want to/can answer, and say, "If only I could ask this…" Then wonder, "Why can't I?"

So maybe it is a bit accidental, but it seems to have worked so far, since its discovery. We shall see.

Stop me if I've quoted this already. But it's one of my favorites:

What struck me most about these men was the way in which they blew their own trumpets in full retreat and while flying from the enemy... They were all saying, "We will you bring the Kaiser's head, miss"; to which I replied, "Well, you had better turn round and go the other way."
--Sarah Macnaughtan