go huh.

months ago, i had a thought to post a daily/weekly quote found in the wit & wisdom section of the week. (i've touted this magazine before and will continue to, because i love it.) and then maybe reflect on it's significance, what it means to me, blah blah blah. but, i'm lazy. :p

so instead, a list of quotes that made me go huh or heh or amen! a filtered list from a filtered list; the most purified. let's start with, say, five now. maybe five later.

"don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while." - kin hubbard

"the greatest pleasure in life is to do good by stealth and be found out by accident." - charles lamb

"a person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - john barrymore, quoted under a honest tea bottlecap. yum!

"if you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." - lewis carroll

"extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - carl sagan

no 'e'

this book was brought to my study long ago. i can not fathom how many fortnights it took to accomplish this undoubtfully arduous task! a flat vocabulary brings about pain to my brain. thank Buddha for a virtual synonym dictionary. this mission is difficult if using good grammar. now, you try to a stanza or two.

Serotonin Sin

the pretzel shop on my way to work is an incognito chocolate heaven. i stopped in on a whim for some iced coffee and to have a look at gourmet organic pretzels. right at the counter, there is an array of gourmet chocolates (vosges, schraffen berger, lindt, kinder___, etc). i select a bar just as the enticing-impromptu-purchase display intends. i put in my iced coffee order. when turn around to wait for my coffee, i come face-to-face with a wall of gourmet, boutique chocolates! a WALL!! one brand even includes a love poem on each wrapper. there are so many different kinds of chocolates that i could probably spend $100s trying each kind. in fact, i probably will.

i shared my discovery with the receptionist downstairs. we both agree; it's deliciously sinful.

fun chocolate factoids and links:
- the sugar in chocolate sparks the release of a nerve chemical called serotonin and might lower another nerve chemical called NPY; the end result is a sense of well-being.
- chocolate contains a substance called anandamide that mimics the effects of marijuana and boosts the pleasure you get when you eat chocolae.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/chocolate/
http://bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/chocolate/addictive2.shtml