Harsh words

Dear Penelope,

You can have no idea how difficult it is for me to write these words, but we must accept that it is over between us: Swimming naked in the waters of  the old harbor, off the side your family's yacht;  The days at the races; nights at the opera; the long autumn afternoons watching Marx Brother's movies in the media room of your family's winter estate in The Hamptons; the countless visits I made to you at Betty Ford.  
Yes, I'll always cherish the times I imagined we spent together.

Regards,
Anton

First God, then Santa Claus - now THIS?

Most disturbing new email subject line of the week.
From fab.com: 


"Andy Warhol Watches"

Fun Facts to Know and Share

That Rome wasn't built in a day is common knowledge. What you may not know is that these other cities, any of them equally large, ancient or exotic, were also not built in a day either:

1. Brisbane
2. Honolulu
3. Barcelona
4. Constantinople
5. Louisville
6. Buffalo
7. Beijing
8. St Petersburg (Russia or Florida) 
9. Pittsburgh
10. San Juan

It is, I think, emblematic of our humanity that - in the 20th Century alone and natural disaster aside, several cities were destroyed in less than a day.  

Misheard homilies

Perception is nine tenths of the flaw.

simplify

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." from Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

Really? Everyone around me does so much bitching about it.

An open letter to e-marketing director at Romano's Macaroni Grill:

Thank you, Romano's Macaroni Grill for your email w/ subject: "happy half birthday, Bob."
How did you know I just can't feel old enough, quickly enough?
Sincerely,
me
ps: for future reference I suggest the subject lines of some  OTHER spam I received along with your droll reminder of for whom the bell tolls:
 
1. "50% off new all weather window and door replacements."
2. "See naked photos of available women in your area."

You see? The former knows what I need, while the latter knows what I want.

Summer film I'd like to see.

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