twenty-seven years and one million words
Today I learned that the observatory west of Canberra that I visited in 2000 has been completely destroyed by 'bush fires'. I really enjoyed that visit. What a loss.
On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."
—Denzil Minnan-Wong