I've Definitely Taken A Lot Of Consolation

I Had Never Considered Using A Hashtag Anywhere Other Than On Twitter, But Now I'm Inspired. Text Messages Have Always Seemed A Little Flat To Me, So The Murmuring Greek Chorus Of A Hashtag Might Be A Perfect Way To Liven Them Up And Give Them A Bit Of Dimension.

I Finally Overcame My Phobia, And Now I Approach Flying With A Sort Of Studied Boredom - A Learned Habit, Thanks To My Learn-to-fly-calmly Training - But Like All Former Flying Phobics, I Retain A Weird And Feverish Fascination With Aviation News, Especially Bad News.

There Was A Time When I Kept Track Of It All; When My Mind Worked Like A Giant Lint Brush Being Swept Over The Fuzzy Surface Of Popular Culture. But These Days, Pop Culture Seems To Have Gotten Fuzzier And Fuzzier; Notoriety Comes And Goes In The Snap Of A Finger.

When I Was A Kid, Halloween Was Strictly A Starchy-vegetable-only Holiday, With Pumpkins And Indian Corn On The Front Stoop; There Was Nothing Electric, Nothing Inflatable, Nothing With Latex Membranes Or Strobes.

I've Definitely Taken A Lot Of Consolation From Animals In My Life. There Have Been Times When I've Been Really Sad, And They Gave Solace And Comfort And Companionability More Than A Person.