Speaking of, we need to choose our leaders with wisdom and forethought

"rent -free"

They're so good at harvest time when they've been picked at the perfect time. Sometimes the consequences are worth it.

do not wave your open containers at the friendly guy in the lawn chair who salutes your car with a raised beer can

unanimous decision, too

Same. I feel pretty good about Harris' chances.

I couldn't predict with certainty how Lucy would react -- Either she'd feel zero emotion besides resentment at being expected to show at the memorial service, or his death would hit her harder than it hits anyone else.

Snoopy always seemed to lead a full life apart from Charlie Brown. I think he'd just leave town, maybe spend the rest of his life couch-surfing across several continents. I expect Linus would deliver an elegy that makes people weep.

"To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears." - Octavia E. Butler

When these charts say "births per 1,000", is that actually "births per 1,000 per year"? Just wondering about the conventions and labels, here. Demographic statistics isn't anywhere near any area of expertise of mine, but it seems like there must be an unspoken time interval