"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
What, No Tip? A restaurant owner in Calais, Maine, was suspicious when a diner said he was having a heart attack. The man hadn’t shown any difficulty before his bill arrived, so the restaurateur called an ambulance and the police. Elias I. Elias, 54, “has 18 convictions” for similar thefts, said the Washington County District Attorney. Elias’s court-appointed counsel, Jeffrey Davidson, explained his client’s motivation this way: “Even if he didn’t have dignity, he wanted to feel like he did.” Elias was sentenced to 90 days in jail. (Bangor Daily News) ...And, as usual, someone else is picking up the tab. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
