My boyhood friend Fred Stone, with whom contact had been lost for decades but was re-connected a couple of years back when his niece, June, referred him to a post I had written about Mansfield, Texas (*waves furiously in the direction of Yorkshire Pudding of Sheffield, England) and whose three wives (two of them ex-) have all been named Judy, inspiring him to name his boat (he lives beside a rather large lake) Judy, Judy, Judy so that all who refer to it sound exactly like Cary Grant (my,what a long sentence this is becoming) , sent me an email stating that he was alarmed at the decline in the number of my postings for 2014. I shot back a reply admitting that the decline in posts per annum had taken me by surprise as well.
All of which I have told you (my high-school English teacher, Mr. D. P. Morris, despised sentence fragments, but it simply cannot be helped -- well, I suppose it could but I simply don’t have the time, energy, or inclination this morning -- and since (a) he has been dead for Lo! These Many Years and (b) fashions in language do change over time it also simply doesn’t matter (*waves again in the direction of Yorkshire Pudding of Sheffield, England, a former English teacher)) as a way of saying that since it is now December 27th and Mrs. RWP and I are leaving tomorrow to spend a few days with our daughter’s family in Alabamistan, there may not be time (or energy or inclination) to produce another post before the end of the year.
Thus it is that you are reading this, my 100th post of 2014. I realize that this number pales in comparison to my former annual posting rates of 194 in 2013, 220 in 2012, 220 in 2011, 184 in 2010, 206 in 2009, 228 in 2008, and even 43 in 2007 (because I didn’t begin the blog until September 28th that year) . One hundred is a good round, three-digit number that has the added feature of not being 99, which would have depressed me greatly. So near, and yet so far, as it were.
I also realize that this post doesn’t really say anything, but that simply cannot be helped either. Truly, considering the source.
I do wish all of you a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year.
P.S. -- My first resolution for the New Year shall be to try to use fewer parentheses in 2015.
You know, for auld lang syne and all.
You have an excellent year.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed every single post this year, including this one! We are truly kindred spirits. I especially had to laugh as I wrote the same thing about parenthesis in my post of this morning and then later read yours! Too funny - perhaps we were typing in unison?
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous visit with your family - give Mrs RWP a hug from me!
Looking forward to your next post already.....
Life takes priority. I hope you and Mrs RWP have a wonderful time with your family, followed by an excellent year to come.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to a great year for all, Robert.
ReplyDeleteAn amusing (and clever) post from an amusing (and clever) fellow. I hope you have a pleasant sojourn in Alabamistan and that you have remembered to pack your banjo.
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