When you are old

By William Butler Yeats When you are old and gray and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or…

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Definitely “naughty”

As I noted on Twitter, on Christmas Eve the "check engine" light came on in my car. Today I got the bad news from the dealer: the front catalytic converter went out. That's $1500 in parts and labor. Clearly I was Santa's "naughty" list this year. This stings all the harder because six months ago I put…

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