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take it from me, life's a grand ol' time

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2013.01.14

One of my coworkers came stomping into the office today just as I'd returned to my desk with a wry smile on my face—it looks like we'll be undergoing a new round of struggles with our building management in getting our kitchen sink onclogged yet again. This tends to be a frustrating and curiously expensive undertaking. What can you do but laugh.

My colleague asked, "What's funny?"

"Oh," I said, "life's a grand ol' time."

"Psssh!" he replied.

"You can take it from me," I told him.

He laughed at that.

Another victory for laughter!

rand()m quote

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

—Lenny Bruce