"The dreams in my spirit mirror the solitude of my
     dark solitude."

                                                   --Z. Hazel Ballantine, O My Poetry

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. 

    -- Paul Valery

"My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. 
If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, 
and became Picasso." 

Pablo Picasso.

"A disciple of another sect once came to Drescher as he was eating his
 morning meal.
 'I would like to give you this personality test', said the outsider,
 'because I want you to be happy.'
 Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster,
 saying: 'I wish the toaster to be happy, too.'"
                        -- AI Koans, from the Jargon File,
                                http://www.ccil.org/jargon/

I plugged my phone in where the blender used to be.  I called someone.  They
went "Aaaaahhhh..."