Like love and other things, writing lessons are where you find them. For example, want to read some good dialogue, and learn from it? Look no further than my favorite coffee mug.

The mug, which was my favorite Christmas present last year, features text from UrbanDictionary.com.  To illustrate the phrase “moo point,” there’s this dialogue from an episode of Friends:

Joey: All right, Rach. The big question is, “does he like you?” All right? Because if he doesn’t like you, this is all a moo point.

Rachel: Huh. A moo point?