Fortune Cookie

Anything worth doing can be done.

I like it. And especially relevant at this particular juncture.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Quality Kwanzaa, Enjoyable Secular Time Off, etc.

My very best wishes to you and yours on this Xmas Eve. Everything isn't all peaches and cream right now, but I will leave you with the wise words of today's fortune from Billy Tse's lunch, which is oddly fitting for our current situation:

Be willing to believe in anything that is good.

Be it our POTUS-elect, American business, catfish tacos, off-key John Denver songs or the Broseph's spinach & artichoke dip, I'll buy that (and I did, for $10.19).

I Like the Sound of That

From Billy Tse's lunch last Friday:

The troubles you have now will pass away quickly.

Now that's a fortune. Not like this monstrosity.

What the hell?!?

My fortune after Billy Tse's tonight:

You will experience small success, especially in romance.

WTF?

I guess small success is better than none at all.

It's Not Called a "Statement of the Obvious" Cookie

People say you have a sharp sense and superb intellect.

Bona Fortuna!

I just finished Billy Tse's chinese for lunch today. Check out my fortune:

You will soon take a very pleasant and successful trip.

How awesome is that? You can't make this stuff up!

Fortuna

Every person is the architect of his own fortune.

Truer words, my friends. Truer words.

On a related note, I've consumed roughly 8,000 pieces of crab rangoon in the last three months.

Perhaps this is why my new pseudonym is Fatty McButterpants?

Outlook: Brilliant!

For the last week or so I've had this fortune from a recent Billy Tse's meal sitting on the top of my keyboard:

A chance meeting opens new doors to success and friendship.

And today I got:

Be prepared to accept a wondrous opportunity in the days ahead!

This last one had my birthday (25th) as one of my Lucky Numbers. Good times ahead!

Cheated by Chinese

From a recent fortune cookie:

Enjoyed the meal?
Buy one to go too!

That isn't a fortune, it's post-lunch marketing.

Proposition Bet

From last Thursday's fortune cookie:

Heads, you do it.
Tails, you go home.

Pretty cut and dry. I have two questions:

1) What is "it"?
2) Should I take my chances?