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11 THINGS: Paper Tigers

Thursday, January 3, 2008

1. How laughter feels about boredom

How love feels about hate.
How daring feels about different.
How courage feels about fear.

2. How doing feels about planning

How spending feels about saving.
How success feels about failure.
How life feels about death.

3. How kids feel about parents

How breaking the rules feels about rules.
How irresponsible feels about responsible.
How whoops feels about too late.

4. How "how are you doing today?" feels about how you are doing today

How winks feel about nods.
How voices feel about quiet.
How partying feels about rest.

5. How e-mailers feel about e-mailing

How opening feels about reading.
How wondering feels about knowing.
How deleting feels about saving.

6. How men feel about women

How flirting feels about trouble.
How confident feels about tentative.
How too much feels about not enough.

7. How giving feels about receiving

How asking feels about not asking.
How excitement feels about calling.
How music feels about everything.

8. How now brown cow

How insane feels about sane.
How how I feel feels about how I feel.
How writing feels about writing this.

9. How women feel about men

How chance feels about fate.
How maybe feels about definitely.
How caution feels about wind.

10. How readers feel about writers

How today feels about tomorrow.
How tigers feel about zoos.
How everyone feels about complaining.

11. How writers feel about readers

How quintessential feels about essential.
How carpe diem feels about waiting and seeing.
How 2008 feels about predictions and resolutions.

- Tim Sullivan, tsullivan@sfchronicle.com

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/03/NSDGU73TN.DTL

This article appeared on page G - 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle