Seize the Day!

You know, my dad has always told me to seize the day. Carpe Diem is like his catch phrase, and it used to infuriate me when I would whine to him for 20 minutes about some silly little thing and he would respond with those two words. He still does it...but now, of course, I just grin. Okaaaay Dad. I'm seizing it!

Though I still wonder whether it was drilled into him by the Jesuits through one too many readings of Horace... or whether he picked it up from Robin Williams's classic film, The Dead Poets Society. Or a bit of both. (Are you reading this? Inquring minds want to know!)

So you can, perhaps, imagine my amusement when I found this pillowcase: