Hashtag Rant

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.

A Glimpse…

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…”