Had Leeann Chin’s for dinner on New Year’s Day and here were my and our fortunes:
- Now is the time to set your sights high and go for it.
- Now is a luck time for you – take a chance.
Don’t remember which was which, but they’re both good. Happy New Year!
You will be the guest of a gracious host.
Fortune CookieIt might be nicer not to say “sorry”: A study of more then 1,000 people in Frontiers of Psychology found that people reported feeling more hurt about a social rejection when it contained an apology and that the words “I’m sorry” made people feel obligated to offer forgiveness when they didn’t want to.
Time, 2017-10-02 [edited]We’re not the top species on the planet because we’re nice. We are a very aggressive species. It is in us. And people talk a lot about how well the military turns kids into killing machines and stuff; and I’ll always argue that it’s just finishing school.
Karl Marlantes, USMC on Vietnam Episode 5 by Ken BurnsWe were probably the last kids of any generation that actually believed our government would never lie to us.
John Musgrave, USMC on Vietnam Episode 2 by Ken BurnsWe as Americans should have understood the desire of the Vietnamese people to have their own country. I mean we did the same thing to the Brits.
Robert Theault, Special Forces on Vietnam Episode 2 by Ken Burns