Handy dandy inference

Going back in my memory before 2020 or so, I can hardly remember a single thing that I said or did that was kind, wise, or smart. Sins and fuck-ups are vivid and lively in the mind, though, speaking scathing sentences to me.

I do remember working and playing with some happy hordes way back when, indeed across decades. These people must have seen something. I leave the thought there, to restart my day.

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  Robert C wrote @

The thing that still happens to me is being visited by a distant memory of chagrin and embarrassment.. and realizing that the other(s) who were there are no longer… or likely don’t remember that episode.

  Bri wrote @

You were always very patient with me (I who also have a lot of accusatory memories), and your goofy sense of humor brightened the hours that we spent together.

  Robert C wrote @

And from this morning’s NYT: “$50,000
— That is the amount awarded to Keith McNally, the restaurateur, as the winner of the 2026 Gotham Book Prize for his memoir, “I Regret Almost Everything.”


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