Today is Robin's birthday! (It's also the birthday of David Ossman, Leonard Kirk, Paul Jenkins and probably a bunch of other folks I'm forgetting.) We'll be celebrating at the Palisades Center, where my gift to Robin (since most of the mail-order stuff I bought for him online hasn't arrived yet) will be a shopping spree using my credit card. Of course, he's hardly likely to go nuts given his eminently practical wife. But this is a strange time for us; we're both currently employed, I have more job security than I've ever had in my life in a world which is very job-insecure, we find ourselves in a holiday season with stores full of bargains and gas around $2 a gallon, and we may never have this confluence again. A little self-indulgence is understandable in those circumstances, I think. I can beat myself up with liberal guilt after the conveyor-belt sushi which will climax this trip. I can hardly wait for my birthday boy to wake up. :)Saturday, December 06, 2008
Day of the Robin
Today is Robin's birthday! (It's also the birthday of David Ossman, Leonard Kirk, Paul Jenkins and probably a bunch of other folks I'm forgetting.) We'll be celebrating at the Palisades Center, where my gift to Robin (since most of the mail-order stuff I bought for him online hasn't arrived yet) will be a shopping spree using my credit card. Of course, he's hardly likely to go nuts given his eminently practical wife. But this is a strange time for us; we're both currently employed, I have more job security than I've ever had in my life in a world which is very job-insecure, we find ourselves in a holiday season with stores full of bargains and gas around $2 a gallon, and we may never have this confluence again. A little self-indulgence is understandable in those circumstances, I think. I can beat myself up with liberal guilt after the conveyor-belt sushi which will climax this trip. I can hardly wait for my birthday boy to wake up. :)
Today is Robin's birthday! (It's also the birthday of David Ossman, Leonard Kirk, Paul Jenkins and probably a bunch of other folks I'm forgetting.) We'll be celebrating at the Palisades Center, where my gift to Robin (since most of the mail-order stuff I bought for him online hasn't arrived yet) will be a shopping spree using my credit card. Of course, he's hardly likely to go nuts given his eminently practical wife. But this is a strange time for us; we're both currently employed, I have more job security than I've ever had in my life in a world which is very job-insecure, we find ourselves in a holiday season with stores full of bargains and gas around $2 a gallon, and we may never have this confluence again. A little self-indulgence is understandable in those circumstances, I think. I can beat myself up with liberal guilt after the conveyor-belt sushi which will climax this trip. I can hardly wait for my birthday boy to wake up. :)
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