Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can't. The brain doesn't process negatives.
~ Doug Coupland ~
Jim plopped himself down in the mess hall with an orange and Spock for company. The Vulcan sat gingerly down and proceeded to fold his hands on the cold surface of the table and watch his captain "chow down" as Terrans were fond of saying. The season on Earth being the time for a certain small variety of orange, Kirk had taken it upon himself to see that there were bowls of the mandarins within easy reach along the serving line. He du