Café Contemplator Gifts

'All I want to know is--when do I get to use the quadratic formula, political facts of South America, frog anatomy, the ecology of Johnson Creek, and the billions of other things I spent twelve years studying so diligently?'

'If I order pasta and she orders antipasta, did we really order anything?'

The Anti-Materialist

"Helen, is it just the accountant in me, or am I sensing a tone of wistful melancholy and a bittersweet acceptance of the unfathomable mysteries of corporate life in those numbers?"

'We cut it into teensy-weensy squares.'

'You still can't take it with you, but we now offer cloud storage for intellectual properties.'

"I don't know why I'm here - I don't need a haircut."

"Shhh - he's trying open his third nostril."

Caterpillar Paranoia

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

Having flexibility over where and when you work, can help with your productivity.

"The idea at 3 am. The idea at 7 am."

Questioning

Boyfriend Shirt.

'I quit drinking coffee with lunch - it was keeping me awake all afternoon.'

Ken wandered home wondering what the lunar new year would bring. . . like every other man and his dog.

Parking Meters at Tables in a Cafe

Euro crisis

"I'm going on a retreat."

"I bark, therefore I am."

Meditation for dogs

Carb free support group: 'Oh boy! I can have my cake and not eat it, too!'

"Speed is its defining quality - hence the name 'Large' Hadron Collider."

'Binary' monk demonstrates computer skills.

Practical Angst: 'I could sit here thinking about my problems until the cows come home, and then I'd have to stop thinking and go and feed them, so I might as well not think to start with.'

A month of Sundays

Awning for Customer Use Only

"What if this is all there is?"

'Nobody takes you seriously? -- Are you trying to be funny?'

'!!X@#!! Reincarnation!'

Happy Stir up Sunday!!

"Well, no, I wouldn't expect it to speak to you."

'Ahhhh...It's such a beautiful morning outside...the sun is shining...the birds are singing....'

"Birthdays are like life... The more you have, the more enlightened you become."

"I'm not sure about this one."