Not your usual takeout pizza

“For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average -- hey, let's get a pizza!" ~ Jay Leno

A slice of joy

"Believe it or not, Americans eat 75 acres of pizza a day." ~ Boyd Matson

The stage is set

"Lying is done with words and also with silence." ~ Adrienne Rich

Minding the garden

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow." ~ Evan Esar

Day 235 -- still no sleep

"If you're an accountant with OCD suffering from insomnia, do you still count sheep?" ~ seriously amused

Da train! Da train!

"The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home." ~ Jeanette Winterson

Hey, who turned on the light?

“Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.” ~ Denis Waitley

Plotting bunnies

"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them." ~ Denis Watley

What are you looking at?

"Anyone who considers protocol unimport-ant has never dealt with a cat.” ~ Robert A. Heinlein

Sunny September day

"September tries its best to have us forget summer." ~ Bern Williams

Nothing like reading

"Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure.” ~ Jane Brody

Sady T Perrier

"I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness." ~ The Dalai Lama

Wait! What's my motivation?

"Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses." ~ Elizabeth Taylor

A natural!

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close up." ~ Norma Desmond, Sunset Blvd.

What now?

"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.” ~ Voltaire

I'll take the one with the smile

"A smiling face is half the meal." ~ Latvian Proverb

So are you buying or wasting my time?

"A diplomat... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip." ~ Caskie Stinnett, Out of the Red

Retail therapy

“Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.” ~ Bo Derek

Natural beauty

"People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?" ~ Imelda Marcos

No junk mail please

“My favourite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.” ~ Steve Buscemi (American Actor)

Ode to beauty

"I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want -- an adorable pancreas?" ~ Jean Kerr, The Snake Has All the Lines

For that big day -- Andrew's or Anthony's?

"When you meet someone who can cook and do housework -- don't hesitate a minute -- marry him." ~ Unknown

Beautiful brown eyes

"I've caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs." ~ Barbara Woodhouse (1910-1988) Irish author and dog trainer

Single guy enjoys long walks and cuddles

"On the Internet no one knows if you're a dog, a snake or a weasel." ~ seriously amused

Now holding auditions for the girlfriend position

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then." ~ Katharine Hepburn

No more wonton

"I broke up with someone, and she said, "You'll never find anyone like me again." And I'm thinking, 'I hope not!' Does anybody end a bad relationship and say, "By the way, do you have a twin?" ~ Larry Miller

Three votes for ice cream

“Ross: What if there is only one woman for everybody? You know. What if I get one woman and that's it? Unfortunately, in my case there was one woman... for her.

Joey: Ross, relax that's like saying there's only one flavour of ice-cream for you. Let me tell you something Ross, there's lots of flavours out there. There's rocky road, cookie dough and bing! Cherry vanilla. You can get them with jimmies or nuts, or whipped cream. Welcome back to the world, grab a spoon!

Ross: I honestly don't know whether I'm hungry or horny.

Chandler: You stay out of my freezer.”

~ TheCrazeeGirl, Friends (American television situation comedy)

Face painting at Kensington Market -- Labour Day Weekend

"Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~ Henry James