Month: February 2023

People who don’t respond to emails crack me up—like…for example, *Noam Chomsky* responds to emails.

I am willing to bet that demands for Chomsky’s time are greater than yours or mine or (pretty much) anyone else’s. Yet, he, at 94, manages to answer emails.

Get it together.

Me, to my wife, after several excellent life-suggestions she’d just given me:

Me, with sincerity, as I exit to go to the washroom: “Wow, ever since [you started using] the CPAP, you’re really on it! I’m just gonna step back and let you make all the decisions…”
W: “Can I get that in writing?”
Me: <long pause> “no.” <quickly closes door behind me>
W: “Damn.”
Me: <from behind door> “so close…”