Pack Rat Ponderer Gifts

"I don't think you're getting the point of this exercise."

Wally Begins research for his thesis entitled "who's a good dog?"

Cut out and keep your own Frank Sinatra.

Plan to Split California into Six States Proposed....

'Or we could just ask her what kind of dog it is.'

'Big sale at the Dog Store. Buy 1, get 2 free.'

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

"Go ahead. Fly through it. I dare you."

"Of course you can't put your finger on it. It's a hypothetical particle."

"I'm both too liberal to be preppy and too conservative to be trendy."

'I know it's hard to believe. But biological speaking, they're our closest relatives.'

Darwin first tested his theory in a letter to a magazine ('Lookalike' letter points to similarity between man and ape.)

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Social and political revolution? Check out our 'Do It Yourself' section.'

"I'm not a mad dog. But I'm not particularly happy either."

'White meat or dark?'

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

George Orwell

Time, Temp, Today's Neutrino Mass

"You've got to understand, in my family Dad was the poodle and Mom was the pit bull."

'If only Darwin could have seen this!'

Are you aware? The Higgs Boson was thought to exist even through no one had seen it!

A sardine can combined with a cornucopia.

'Perhaps we do need a plan 'B'.'

'The reports were right...he's using tools!'

'Do you want to be red Tory or blue Labour?'

"OK, now you've gone back too far."

'What we must decide is if there is an accidental nuclear explosion which wipes out this entire part of the country, do we pass the cost on to the consumer?'

'Now that's just low-down mean.'

The mysterious world of ligand substitution

"Who has the most power... the president or his wife?"

Dr. McPhee discovers the Embarrassment Particle.

Mankind

Was it wrong to get involved in Iraq in the first place...or did we do the right thing?