student puts these on my desk and says "take good care of these" and I say "there's no way... but have you seen the show Firefly?"

he hadn't, of course, but I am too milennial I think

A modern staging of Agamemnon where the chorus is referred to as “chat.”

Self awareness is the most important trait you can cultivate. Only through constant introspection can you develop the wisdom necessary to be sad all the time