Rebuilding Gifts

"Super! Now, once you've rebuilt civilization I can do the investment banking."

'Things don't seem the same since the hurricane passed through.'

"Nation-building never works."

"I agree, the place was a tear-down, but I just remembered we were only renting it."

She - Interpreter - He.

IRMA Hurricane Recovery in Cuba

A new you. 'First, you've got to stop lying about you age.' It didn't start off well.

"And this Halloween, try not to make a specter of yourself."

"We're going to build in Rhinebeck, once Steven finds the right brick."

"We're going to have a post-flood economy to deal with."

"We'd like you to think of it not as a 'brick', but rather as an essential component of a potential self-build project."

Notre Dame Phoenix

'Looks like the deer are moving out of these woods.'

Your relationship can thrive again but you've got to work on it. You've got to experience your feelings and express them. Amanda Kern. Comics counseling. Sadie, when Mort says that President Obama symbolizes a new era of hope and cooperation, how does that make you feel? Nauseated, insulted, disgusted by Mort's Pollyannaish wimpyness. Good, now say it to Mort. Here? In front of you?

"I'm not sure I'm ready to date again. I'm just coming off a bad mitosis."

'We unknowingly built the house in the middle of the western swamp turtle's migration route and we're required to allow them unobstructed access.'

"The house needs to have comfortable window ledges. Lots of windows! And a fireplace!"

'We need to twerk.'

'Believe me, when you reach MY age you won't remember who you joined up to forget!'

"Actually, living well on his money is the best revenge."

Intentional Community vs. Community of Sheer Happenstance

Easter egg on Easter island breaking open to reveal a baby Easter island statue

'It's like this, Harry -- I'm in the full bloom of life, and I don't need any more of your fertilizer.'

"Yeah, he's in rehab, but for the right role I can spring him."

Japanese disaster

'Sure I submitted somebody else's resum? - I'm the victim of a stolen identity.'

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

'It's an epic mural called 'The Sees of Change'.'

"That 12th step is a doozy."

The Cross still stands!

'It's all over - I want to turn over a new leaf.'

"Or you could see it as the first step in an environmentally friendly, sustainable and affordable self-build project!"

Social Networking Anonymous 12 Step Program.

'Note to self... remove slot machine before next meeting.'

"Let's tow the trailer to a new state and make a fresh start."