If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

Then there's the story of the man who avoided reality for 70 years with drugs, sex, alcohol, fantasy, TV, movies, records, a hobby, lots of sleep... And on his 80th birthday died without ever having faced any of his real problems.

The man's younger brother, who had been facing reality and all his problems for 50 years with psychiatrists, nervous breakdowns, tics, tension, headaches, worry, anxiety and ulcers, was so angry at his brother for having gotten away scott free that he had a paralyzing stroke. ... [more]

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.