On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 2:11:18 PM UTC-5, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 2021 11:49:16 -0700, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> > I do admit to having fun with the wittiness aspect.
> Do you understand, Bryan, that it is a curse as well as a blessing?
>
Oh, you mean that my compulsion to write clever, witty things has
led to my taking a tens of thousands of dollars hit in lost income
because I quit my job to spend 8-1/2 months writing full time on a
a book that will almost surely never generate any income? Yeah, I
get that. I also lost money playing Rock 'n Roll--a lot of money. At
least I never had delusions that it was likely to be otherwise; I've
nurtured other improbable outcomes of my creative endeavors,
and even indulged in...
>
I think I'd better leave it there.
>
--Bryan