When I am packing for a flight, I am thankful for my kindle… when I am actually on the flight, I wish I had a physical book.
Pan·gloss·i·an [pan-glos-ee-uhn] adj. : characterized by or given to extreme optimism, esp. in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
Origin: 1825–35; after Pangloss, an optimistic character in Voltaire’s Candide
(Source: dictionary.reference.com)
If Fonts Were People… just saw “Helvetica” last night, and remembered this YouTube clip from last year.
The new terminal at SJC does something very smart. Since there really is no longer any good reason to have a counter at every gate, they have placed the counters between pairs of gates.
EMILY
We’re required to wear the Class-As for any business on the Hill or in the White House.
SAM
I never knew that.
EMILY
You never noticed that every soldier, sailor and Marine who’s walked in here has been in a dress uniform?
SAM
I’m less visually observant than others but I make up for it.
EMILY
How?
SAM
With cunning and guile.
At the EPA Taco Bell, they have chosen oval trays. Not just oval, but deep oval trays. But their food still comes in square containers. What the hell? They can’t even fit two of those containers. One fits while the other dangles off the edge at a precipitous angle. Someone goofed.
