Enlightenment is "being," and it grows; it's end is serenity.
Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years old.
There must be some Tommy Hilfiger event horizon, beyond which it is impossible to be more derivative, more removed from the source, more devoid of soul.
The street has its own use for things.
I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.
A lot of the buildings [in Toronto] around Yonge and Bloor is the architectural equivalent of Kipper Ties and 8" collar points. It's ghastly and no amount of street-level retail glitz can lift it.