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• Just as there are laws of Conservation of Matter and Energy, so there are in fact Laws of Conservation of Pain and Joy.
  Neither can ever be created or destroyed. But one can be converted into the other....
• CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one.
  It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity....
• The temperature of Heaven can be rather accurately computed.
  Our authority is Isaiah 30:26, "Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days....
• Anvari's Law of Homework: A homework doesn't get created or destroyed, but can be converted from one form to another.
• MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one.
  Important. Material things I know, or fell, or see...
• VII. Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel entrance
  others cannot. This trompe l'oeil inconsistency has baffled generations, but at least it is known that whoever paints an entrance on a wall's surface to trick an opponent will be unable to pursue him into this theoretical space....
• cosmic rays n. Notionally, the cause of bit rot.
  However, this is a semi-independent usage that may be invoked as a humorous way to handwave away any minor randomness that doesn't seem worth the bother of investigating....
• The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of West Egg.
  "Two years ago, our consultants predicted that West Egg's landfill, which is used for garbage disposal, would be completely filled within five years....