So, I’m in the public library, returning a book my kid checked out, and on the way out the door I notice that Peter Higgins has written Truth and Fear, which is a sequel to his quite nice Wolfhound Century (which is kind of about magic, and kind of about the Russian Revolution). So I say to myself I should remember to get that on Kindle when I get home! No, wait, I already spent all the discretionary funds that I have on already-earmarked products, and the next batch is already allocated*. Better wait until the end of the month…
:pause:
It was not until I was driving home that the obvious thought in your heads entered mine. The annoyed swearing would have been entertaining, I’m sure. Especially when it occurred to me that I almost had to write about it. Because I was dumb.
Moe Lane
*Discretionary income is, of course, tightly budgeted, so that I will not run up the house credit card on gimcracks. Well, the odd gimcrack. I feel extremely transgressive when I put a twenty buck purchase on house money these days, which just shows that you can teach new habits to anybody.