Week in Review
Ahh, time for week in review, time to unload my imaginary cares and my pulmonary arteries.
Had lunch with der Ham of Bone. His “delusions of grandeur” line rang today at lunch. He thinks I think his dreams are thus but I’m uneasy about the term “delusions” since one man’s delusions are another's reality. He holds a lottery ticket and is unclear if it's winning or not. Likely not, though I would not be held responsible for preventing another man’s betting.
Ham asked how I accounted my lack of ambition. I attribute it mostly to lady laziness, with whom I've had a relationship close enough to be called conjugal. But, to be serious, all of my heroes have been Republicans. Reagan, to hear it told, was forced into running for president and Bush 43, the black sheep of the family, drank til he came to be Governor followed by “Hail to the Chief”. I take it odd enough that it couldn’t be pure accident. (My money was always on Jeb.) Gore and Kerry, by comparison, were ambitious as Shakespearian villains. They were grooming for the presidency while lesser mortals were grooming for junior prom. Their class pictures were photo ops. Clinton? Clinton was shaking hands before he could walk.
So my model has been Reagan and Bush: I am on call, as needed. That's not to say I have delusions of presidential grandeur, unless we're talking president of the PTA. But that model is attractive.
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