note to self

“I warn my aging male friends to guard against this effect, to avoid wallowing in cantankery, to stave off the inner curmudgeon. It is an emotional dynamic characterized by bitterness, resentment, a lack of indulgence and a rigid adherence to authoritarian sentiments.”  — Monsieur Chariot writing on open.salon.com.  I confess the unstaved influence of my inner curmudgeon dates to before I was 20.

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