Why is it?
Why is it that I lose my best blog posts ever because of server errors? (In case you're wondering, these were the posts that never appeared, which is arguably why they were the best ones ever.)
Unfortunately, this isn't such a post. At lunch today [Ed. you may have noticed that I have especially enlightened thoughts when I eat, which is one of the reasons I try to eat often; in the words of Descartes, vesco ergo sum - "I eat, therefore I am." Or, you may not have noticed that.] /hijack As I was saying, at lunch today, the thought occurred to me that it didn't make a lot of sense for me to be spending $8.83 for a plate of food I didn't order, didn't need, and that wasn't all that good. So, I sold my undivided interest in the yet-unserved plate of food to the patrons at the table next to me for $7.50 and walked out feeling like I had made the healthy choice. Actually, it wasn't quite like that. As I sat in the car afterward, trying digest the taco that was supposed to have been a burrito and contemplated the restaurant's service in general, I concluded that: 1) I would try not to eat there again, but then realized I didn't have any other conclusions (though a few hypotheses) and had to ditch the list idea.
Life goes on. I'm currently finishing my second Russian Lit read: "Anna Karenina," by Leo Tolstoy. This guy was a genius. I have never read any book that so accurately catches and snapshots human personalities, strengths, weaknesses, and prejudices across so wide a spectrum of classes. It's been a long time since I read Dickens, but I think Tolstoy leaves him far behind. Maybe writing 1000+ pages instead of 300 helps, but every one of the 1000+ is worth reading.
Unfortunately, this isn't such a post. At lunch today [Ed. you may have noticed that I have especially enlightened thoughts when I eat, which is one of the reasons I try to eat often; in the words of Descartes, vesco ergo sum - "I eat, therefore I am." Or, you may not have noticed that.] /hijack As I was saying, at lunch today, the thought occurred to me that it didn't make a lot of sense for me to be spending $8.83 for a plate of food I didn't order, didn't need, and that wasn't all that good. So, I sold my undivided interest in the yet-unserved plate of food to the patrons at the table next to me for $7.50 and walked out feeling like I had made the healthy choice. Actually, it wasn't quite like that. As I sat in the car afterward, trying digest the taco that was supposed to have been a burrito and contemplated the restaurant's service in general, I concluded that: 1) I would try not to eat there again, but then realized I didn't have any other conclusions (though a few hypotheses) and had to ditch the list idea.
Life goes on. I'm currently finishing my second Russian Lit read: "Anna Karenina," by Leo Tolstoy. This guy was a genius. I have never read any book that so accurately catches and snapshots human personalities, strengths, weaknesses, and prejudices across so wide a spectrum of classes. It's been a long time since I read Dickens, but I think Tolstoy leaves him far behind. Maybe writing 1000+ pages instead of 300 helps, but every one of the 1000+ is worth reading.
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