“There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.” – Lily Tomlin

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst

22 December

We’re constantly surrounded by plastic copies of the real thing, and if we’re not careful we’ll end up thinking each one is the real thing – if it glitters it MUST be gold. Unfortunately if and when the real thing actually does appear, we’ll be so dim that we won’t even notice it.