Briane Pagel's Blog: Thinking The Lions, page 16

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

One of the things that makes civilization possible is that we all agree, as human beings with a certain level of respect for the dignity of the self and others, that we will generally ignore the slight differences, foibles, and mannerisms that make each of

On the phone with the doctor's office:


Me: Hello I would like to bring my son in to have his cough looked at.
Nurse: Have his cough LOOKED at?

I would've checked out the book but I wanted to go see the new movie from Steven Spielberg, that guy who directed "1941."

"Stephen who?"
"Oh, you know, the guy who wrote Mr. Mercedes."