I have always been enamoured with fortune cookies and the like. You know, things like Magic 8-balls and books of answers that you are supposed to open at random to get the answer to your question. Usually, the fortunes they give you are entertaining and sometimes they hit rather close to home. Of course, there are times when they hit the nail right on the head. I just had a fortune cookie tonight, and it had two fortunes in it. One was "Idleness is the holiday of fools" which I thought wa...