When I was courting Abigail long distance, I would meet her train at Union Station and we would eat there. After a few visits, we ventured into nearby Chinatown, as it was called. After a dinner filled with the intensity of new-found lovers getting to know each other, we opened our fortune cookies.

It was the only time in my life that I have seen the following: the two fortunes were identical! Word for word. Well, that cookie was right on the money.

Recently, brrrr, I got a different result, once again for the only time in my life. My cookie was empty — I had no future at all. Well, it was good knowing you.