I'm fortunate to have had 27 years with my grandmother.

"Infants have their infancy; adults, adultery"

- David P. Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle, author of "The Myth of Monogamy"

"I want you to attend my funeral."

- strangest compliment

Q: Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?

A: No guts.

"You're definitely the most social/outgoing introvert I've ever met. And you have way more friends than any other introvert I know."

- KM

Only
make
new
mistakes

The Tao of making mistakes

"You can't mix Xanax with blow, plus alcohol!!"

Overheard in New York

KR: "I bring class to the building I live in."

BK: "Yea... lower class."

"Economic models have shown that policies to cap and reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have a minimal impact on economic growth. Instead, they will speed the development of new technologies."

- William Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

"Is there hope? Yes, there is hope - as long as we stop leaving the solutions to other people."
- Primatologist Jane Goodall, on rapidly diminishing natural habitats for endangered species

"If they lose a lawsuit, that is going to open the flood-gates. Once the military contractors appear vulnerable to litigation, the suits are going to come from all over the place."

- Scott L. Silliman, law professor, on a lawsuit filed against government contractor Presidential Airways by the families of a flight crew killed in a crash in Afghanistan in 2004

RB: "I'm on the wrong side of 25."

NK: "No, you're on the right side of 30."

In 1985 people in China consumed about 40kg of meat per person. It's projected that in 2008 they'll consume about 55kg of meat per person.

It takes 8kg of grain to produce 1kg of beef. That's not very efficient. How about we eat less beef/meat in 2008?

If you fill an SUV's tank with corn ethanol, you'll have used enough corn to feed a person for a year.

"The best place to hide something is in your parent's bedroom."

- TC

We depend on others to be mirrors for us.

Do you trust enough to be trusted?

- Lao Tzu, from Understanding The Mysteries

"How can you say you were born in the Philippines if you don't eat intestines!?"

- GS to AP

The annual sales of erectile dysfunction drugs in Brazil is about HK$230 million. In China it's about HK$15 million. What can you conclude from that?

La Moustache is a 2005 French film about one man's existential crisis when he shaves off his Mustache, but nobody notices.