And here is something from the wacky world of political irony:

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from Waiting for Godot (1952)

Estragon: Nothing to be done.

Vladimir: I’m beginning to come round to that opinion.

Vladimir: You should have been a poet.
Estragon: I was (Gesture towards his rags.) Isn’t that obvious?

Vladimir: Come on, Gogo, return the ball, can’t you, once in a while?
Estragon: (with exaggerated enthusiasm).

For the most part, I will be off-the-air for a few days though I will–when possible–try to maintain some activity via the laptop. I will be visiting the local hospital where the gastroenterologist (the one with name no one can pronounce) will practice his art. (I hate that concept: practice. I would prefer that he had already perfected everything before he practices once again on me.) So, other than somewhat curtailed blogging activity whilst I enjoy some anesthesia (good stuff), pain-killers (better stuff), and TLC (necessary stuff) for a few days, I am out of here!

Natural health expert and author Jordan Rubin has recovered $55,000 from Strang Communications in a dispute that revealed the faith-based publisher improperly withheld royalties payments for three years from the paperback edition of his New York Times bestseller The Maker’s Diet. Rubin said he was forced to file an arbitration claim after numerous requests and attempts to settle the matter were ignored.

“I wanted to believe this was an honest mistake,” said Rubin.