a disturbing amount of Sunkist

What is so characteristic of the transfinite is that we then go on iterating the iteration, iterating the iteration of the iterations, and so on, until somehow our apparatus buckles; and the least transfinite number after the buckling of the apparatus is how strong the apparatus was.
-W.V. Quine, Set Theory, and its logic

"Whenever you see a child playing with an electronic toy, smash it to bits, and tell them about the tracking device inside, once they've stopped crying."
-Last Will and Testament of Ptrick W. Dunkler, Conspiracy Theorist

I am about to watch the series finale of Six Feet Under, the only television show that ever consistently inspired me to think deeply. I'd miss it more, but in some sense it helped show me how to let things go more easily.