The everyman prayer

Give us this day our daily continuousness. Lead us not into discomfort. Amen.

Kudos to kidneys

Minds should function the way kidneys do—quietly, routinely, without making a fuss.

In the demi-monde

Ordinary life is the life of an ox. It is dull, conformed, routinized. It goes round and round, repeating itself.

To slay a dragon, kill a habit.