Monday, January 31, 2005
winter is in the air, mom
Emotion, n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.
Justice, n. A commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
Noise, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
Year, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Advocate, 1906
