one egg

do not think me twisted

when, despite the world’s galactic

ricochet of violence, i prefer, these days,

the retreat of breakfast.

over strong, creamed coffee i have time to contemplate

the blessedly innocuous catastrophes:

burnt toast. a shortage of butter.

how to make the meal for two using only one egg.

believe me,

i know how lucky i am.

-Maya Stein (who has a blog)

(via Andrea>

A few things you would like, if you were me:

• Dancing with old men at weddings
• Sourdough toast
• Watching jellyfish swim
• Children who whisper when they�re talking to small babies
• The feeling of breath on the neck
• Red winged blackbirds
• Sotto voce
• Slicing fresh ginger
• When little kids jump, how they sometimes do this thing with their arms. They spread them like wings, like they’re about to take off.

From the May 2005 issue of O Magazine, �Brain to Brain: How to Get Anyone to Agree with You.�

Howard Gardener, a Harvard cognitive psychologist and author says, �One interesting fact is that totalitarian leaders almost invariably have not traveled. Hitler didn�t travel. Stalin didn�t travel. Saddam Hussein never traveled. I think they didn�t want to have their orthodoxy challenged.�

R: Colonel or Lieutenant?

C: Like, this is the rank you want, or you like the sound of the word, or what?

M: Choose!

C: Lieutenant.

M: Passion or Intimacy?

A: Oh. That�s rough.

R: Passion.

C: Can you really have passion without intimacy?

All: CHOOSE!

C: Geez. All right. Passion. Mom or Dad?

M: What?

C: Mom or Dad! CHOOSE.

Three of my favorite secrets from those currently available on Postsecret:

• I dance in vacant elevators.
• I don�t eat Twinkies, but when I�m in the bakery aisle at the store, I like to smash them in their packaging.
• Never liked your poetry.

Send your secret to:

PostSecret

13345 Copper Ridge Rd

Germantown, Maryland

USA 20874-3454

(via Fussy)