It’s been seven long weeks, but my Ultimate team finally won a game. We still need a lot of work, but it’s a great day, a very great day. Also the longest day of the year, if you didn’t notice.
To celebrate, I came home and cooked an old family recipe: Audrey’s Chicken. It calls for a can of tomato soup, some celery salt and some chicken thighs. I could tell you, buy you have to taste it for yourself.
And, to top it all off, we have an accepted offer on our house. We’re basically in escrow now. So that’s really, really nice. I had a glass of wine to celebrate.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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