Status Updates From Hors-bord

“Many sentences carried with them their own congratulations, Suffice it to say…or, The only word for it is…Whether it really sufficed to say, or whether there was, in fact, another word, the sentence, bowing and applauding to itself, ignored.”

“He’s doing a political essay. It begins, “Some things cannot be said too often, and some can.’ That’s all he’s got so far.”

“Well, you know, you can’t win them all,” the old bartender said. “In fact, you can’t win any of them.”