The funniest learnign experience of the Olympics has been watchign curling and discovering that every sport has its own totally incomprehensible cliches. The commentators said Monday "There's no better guard than a second stone," and ever since then the Flatmates and I have been quoting that back and forth to each other, in a spate of "It's a marathon not a sprint" and "We're just grinding it out" and "It's the name on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back" -- perfect!

The best predictor of future behavior, is past behavior.

This isn't actually true, though. Past behavior is a terrible predictor for future behavior, or else we'd all still be wearing diapers.

All we are is dust in the wind.

My work here is done.

Don't leave me this way.

we'd all still be wearing diapers.

Some of us are. Don't judge.

Sneak out the back, Jack.

Make a new plan, Stan.

Don't need to be coy, Roy.

Make a new plan Stan

50 Ways cross post!

This isn't actually true, though. Past behavior is a terrible predictor for future behavior, or else we'd all still be wearing diapers.

Ah, I see you've never cared for someone with dementia. Not to be a total downer, but it's actually quite uncanny how closely the loss of function mirrors the learning of it.