Top Ten Thoughts of the Hour

1. In Paradise Lost, it's the fallen angel that gets all the best lines. Some days, I might trip more than usual. The question is: Why do those stumbling blocks look so good to me?

2. The joy felt at finally acheiving what you desire is just an ordinary moment of exultation. Nothing special.

3. Every stranger has a story. Is it careless of us not to know? One person's story seems more significant than another only because of proximity. Even though there is not a human responsibility to make contact with everyone, it still seems to matter, somehow.

4. It is considered a psychological affliction if one lacks the blinders necessary to be blasé. Luckily, mine are in fine working order.

5. My professor said, "There's something magical in my pocket, and I need to get ahold of it." I snorted into my coffee, and am therefore a pervert.

6. Accent has everything to do with reading T.S. Eliot.

7. I really, really, really like cheese. Massages are delicious, but cheese is divine.

8. I think I may even have a favorite cheese.

9. There is something beautiful about the crescent of color lingering in the bottom of a wine glass at the end of a really good evening conversation.

10. It's smoked gouda. Definitely, smoked gouda.