a good day for quotations

July 5

My favorite, from an e-mail from a restaurant-industry friend: “minor cases of ennui have been known to occur during or immediately after aspen.”

But also good, from a guy I met at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago who sent me gift certificates for the restaurant chain he works for: “Please enjoy and don’t say it sucks!”

And randomly amusing but sad, the post-script of a comment posted to the ASFS listserv: “I know how hard it is to put food on your family… -- George W Bush”