A Bedford Falls Halloween

The fictional town of Bedford Falls, based on Seneca Falls, New York, is usually associated with the Christmas holiday and the Frank Capra movie "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946).

But there's another, newer Bedford Falls, a beer garden on the Upper East Side, that is now decorated for Halloween:

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Positive Fortune

Last week's fortune cookie is a new favorite. What it lacks in English it makes up in a Capra-esque optimism about the good that each individual can do for the world. I suppose we all believe we're doing good, and many of us may truly be, but certainly more of us can strive to do more. That's not a bad line of thought to get started on from something as simple as a Chinese fortune cookie.

"Your existence has a positive contribution to mankind."

Note:  There are two kinds of blogs: those that have posts about fortune cookies and those that do not. This blog has posts about fortune cookies.

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