How Sad a Passage

COUNTESS "This young gentlewoman had a father,--O, that 'had'! how sad a passage 'tis!--whose skill was almost as great as his honesty; had it stretched so far, would have made nature immortal, and death should have play for lack of work." -Act I scene i, All's Well that Ends Well.

Sunday, April 06, 2014

Such is the Same

From eager Johnny's paper on Tidal - remember him?  Probably not, but a good simple line when lifted into the broader context.  Quite the weekend, starting with the arbitration call on Friday and over to the Arm for a root beer float and then a longish Saturday starting from scratch on a document just after 2, that turned into almost 10,000 words within 34 hours. 

Fair work.  As you wrote to yourself at the outset to get yourself going, tons of time to develop arguments, just start typing and remember Zeppelin fan EL.  It is later than you think and really it is an embarrasment avoidance exercise that pays for passage to Signal Hill again as you prepare for the long goodbye.  Hope it passes at least that meager test. 

And, as you may recall, the hours were spent in various ways - darting over to the Bitter End for sips of a Manhattan and Stella, lying in while watching the Iphone for updates of a sorry Arsenal display against Everton in the race for 4th, a little practicing of the softness of Yoga Nidra, a fine if well-cooked roast, and then the tenseness of the comedic horror film, Afflicted that really did take the mind off things in a way meditation may not. 

A varied and productive weekend all told, although not the kind you want to put on repeat.  The best part is that it strikes off at a stroke much of the work to come in the months pre-Antigua/Brazil on one significant file (you hope).  Alas, no time for work on the other, more marginal and pain-inducing case, which review of emails for relevance should start at the stroke of midnight.  Oh well, that too shall pass, and there shall be much rejoicing.

Add to that the small matter of Efficiency, and you have an interesting week ahead before the flight to the first of the two St. John's for the month.  I look forward to enjoying them both.  Ever onward.

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