A history buff friend of mine said that the art of medieval fencing was lost completely. At some point, the last person who really knew how to do it had died.| www.raptitude.com
There’s a particular scene in an early episode of the Simpsons that I found especially relatable, as a ten-year-old whose main interest was candy. Bart and Lisa wake up the morning after Halloween, so miserable from eating sweets that they can’t even look at their candy pile. When Marge suggests giving the rest of it to needy children, they protest, flop onto the candy pile to protect it, and begin miserably eating more.| www.raptitude.com