everybody knows

- that the dice are loaded
- this is nowhere
- that kids are music, they are full of music from their heads to their toes
- that the bird is the word
- that the world is full of stupid people, so meet me at the mission at midnight
- your name, and they're always glad you came

Happiness is...

Pick 5.

- finding a nickel
- baby chortles
- fresh pancakes drenched in butter
- finishing things at work
- brown paper packages tied up with strings
- red shoes
- green olives that have been plucked out of some alcoholic beverage
- friends doing good things for themselves
- lolcats
- clean sheets right out of the dryer
- desperately trying not to crack up while your kid is gleefully spewing sweet potatoes all over the dining room table
- the steam coming off the cup of coffee your man just made for you
- meetings that end early
- the color orange
- sunshine
- little guitars (van halen)
- grandma smiling at you
- sending mail the old fashioned way when it isn't a bill
- fancy paper