Mom: "Direction has very little to do with anything—unless you want to get somewhere, I guess."
Mom: "Whether it's a plant or a weed depends on who's lookin' at it."
Mom: "What is A New Kind of Science?" pointing at Wolfram's book on the dining room table.
Val: "Erm, a study of the origins of complexity."
Mom: "Complexity?"
Val: "You know, how complexity can arise from simplicity."
Mom: "Well, heck, I do that all the time."
Mom: "Can you tell by looking at my laptop if all the whatchacallits are in order?"
Mom: "The best way to enjoy this is not do it very often."
By Val Delane
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