never lose infinite hope (11 January 2016)

I sent some feedback to an online publisher, and was told it would be discussed, but this came with a caveat, by way of a quote 


We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

- Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Berndnaut Smilde's clouds

sand dollars - i had never heard of these before.  they are the exoskeletons of sea creatures

It seems apposite that today is also the anniversary of the first national lottery in England held in 1569.
It was a means of raising money without increasing taxes, but as Henry Fielding later noted, 
A lottery is a taxation, upon all the fools in Creation. 

I guess I won't be winning $10 million tomorrow then.