It is difficult to read when one is in that mood, in my experience. There seems little point. Andrew 2009/8/8 Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Corelis" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:31 PM > Subject: Re: Poem: Wishes of an Elderly Man Wished at a Garden Party, June > by Walter Alexander Raleigh > > > Cf. Hunter S. Thompson: "It had been a long, hard day, and my heart >> was filled with hatred for everything human ..." >> >> -- >> > > > I know the feeling. E. M. Cioran is good to read when one's in that mood. > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/