every beginning has an ending.

from xkcd:

two thoughts:

1. that webcomic would make a really cool cookie fortune. it's even the right size!


2. some years ago, i spent hours trying to debug one particular subroutine in a programming project. in the end and to my dismay, it was because i forgot to close a set of curly brackets: {}.
   
   since then, i stuck to the habit that if i ever type an open bracket, then immediately afterwards, i'll type the corresponding closed bracket:
   

   {
   {}
   {\em}
   {\em manifold}

   i do the same thing with HTML tags:
   

   <i>
   <i></i>
   <i>manifold</i>

   trauma and paranoia shape our habits, sometimes.