The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
[Samuel Clemens]

Today, more from Gestures Toward a Theology of Sleep:

7. Why counting sheep? Where did we get that from? I’m not saying it has implicit Christological undertones, but…. doesn’t it? And what do they count in cultures that don’t have sheep?

8. “There is no hope for a civilization which starts each day to the sound of an alarm clock.” – Unknown