Educational Comic Strips

This morning when I was reading “Sally Forth” in the comics section of the newspaper, I came across a word that I had never seen before—koan. I checked my Webster’s: koan – in Zen Buddhism, a verbal puzzle put to a student as a means of enlightenment.

My first thought was, “Was I the only person who had to look for the definition?” My second thought was, “I hope I can work this into casual conversation soon.” I had to wait for years to use “djinn” in context.

The third thing that occurred to me was “There must be something seriously wrong with me if these are the kinds of thoughts that flow unfettered through my brain.”