001076

I, too, marvel at the strange capacity of language or intentions stated in language… to become self-ironizing … esp when they are explicit statements or stark polarities or … declarations… wait … is this a declaration?

001081

Fly: Rubs its hands together. Me: You only live for three days… whatever you’re planning, I’m in.

001087

“I had an uncle with Down’s Syndrome that no one took fishing until I did when he was in his forties. He loved it and became an avid fisherman despite never learning to cast or reel. When he hooked a fish he just started running…” — an...