Note the sender! And how philosophical spam has gotten to be lately.

From: “Bolshoi C. Bulgarians”
To: Esk
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:53:47 -0700
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Good morning everyone. Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry

Given the high probability I will not pass my master’s defense at the first try, I find this old man’s persistence very encouraging. Well, the only difference I guess is that the department won’t really consider me “one of the family” any longer even after the second attempt.

On a different note, Bulgaria made it into the news again. Another proof that “wild pigs” and “Bulgaria” go very well together in a story. And no, Tanaya, this is not referring to Bulgarian men .

I promise, I will be back soon. For now, I need all the luck in the galaxy I can get.