Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from it more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum. (John Updike, Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, 1989, Ch. 6)
Friday, August 24, 2007
So Who's Complainin'?
OK, I’ve used up my ration of kvetching for this week. Thanks for your patience, everyone (whoever you are). Steve, Mitch and Wes, thanks for your words of comfort. Besides, it’s Friday, it’s after bizness hours, and the world is looking just plain rosy. I’ve always maintained that weekends are like sex: even when they’re not so good, they’re wonderful. The dog days of August are sweating their dreary way down toward the glory of autumn.
And in a few months we can start bitching about winter. But for now, I ain’t complainin’. Sorry, Dad. Remember, I'm still an apprentice curmudgeon.
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