doodles are the emotional map of a conversation.

girl meets boy.  boy devours girl's pet goat for Eid al-Adha.  girl finds new boy.

books under pillows.

Getting people to think differently is like giving them a root canal.

has to protect the process.

first loves and last wishes.

Most people are terrible listeners.  Take advantage of that.

just when you thought the greatest risk to your task is papercuts the paperclips are hiding among the thumbtacks.

compelling idiots.

be happy with the story that you're in.

ppl who take up unnecessary journal time. 

fought and lost but fought all the same.

sweet potato korma and pumpkin dal

cameras in war zones.

the invisible hand of fate just gave me the smackdown.

some emotions last longer.

the angel of death comes in sweeps.

I bring people through the ranks and then they forget I ever existed.

time for the angry boots.

"If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed" -Mark Twain

when the gospel choir in the church you wander into blows your mind and you think wow I didn't even have to pay for that.

Some ppl will find magic whereever they go.

carpet means you can't throw paint at the walls.

soft power is fine until the moment warrants a bitch slap.

Humans. They make you care about them despite your better judgment.

people who can't handle nuance call it contradiction.

My Chinese landlady keeps trying to hook me up with an Indian programmer in Vegas who used to date a Russian stripper. I think I like the Russian stripper.

some bridges are always burning.

It can take 30 miles to dance with the right person and 3000 miles to talk to the right person.

emotions are exhausting.

The kind of vengeance where you know you can help someone but you choose to do nothing.

when you text someone and they're not dead.

the older you get the harder it is to find someone who knows your story.