The leaf of the domain tree
In choosing the "alacarte" as the leftmost component of my URL, I intended a reference to A.J. Liebling's
bon mot: Life is best lived "a la carte."
Now, however, I read in P.G. Wodehouse's
Ring for Jeeves:
Rory stopped kneading Bill's shoulder and patted it.
'At the moment,' he resumed, you are reeling from the shock, and very naturally, too. You feel you've lost something valuable, and I suppose one might say that you have, for Jill's a nice enough kid, no disputing that. But don't be too depressed about it. Look for the silver lining, whenever clouds appear in the blue, as I have frequently sung in my bath and you, I imagine, in yours. Don't forget you're back in circulation again. Personally, I think it's a slice of luck for you that all this happened. A bachelor's life is the only happy one, old man. When it comes to love, there's a lot to be said for the à la carte as opposed to the table d'hôte.'
Note
See also
The original title. And I wish I could track down the source of the A.J. Liebling quotation.
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>> posted by John Psmyth
• 11/14/2004 08:10:00 AM
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2 Comments:
If there were a category for BEST SEX BLOG on the weblog awards, I would nominate you. *kiss*
Well, thank you. Maybe I can slip in under "Essays." Thanks for the link. Seems to me that little self-promotion is in order.
