State of the Ape XXXV
As always, thank you for your prayers.
Health news: No change, really, except that I seem to get tired a little more easily. On the other hand, I’m going for walks more often now that the weather is warming up a bit. I see my oncologist again in a couple of weeks.
Writing: I’m still making progress on Edwina 3: now working on Chapter 14. I can’t say I’ve gotten very far with Edwina 4, though.
Missed the clerihews last time, so you get a double dose this time:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Had trouble of the sinus.
But he worked through his allergies
And wrote the Summa contra Gentiles.
To his dentist, Millard Fillmore
Screamed happily, “Drill more!
Don’t give me Novocaine!
I really love the pain!”
Dashiell Hammett
Often said, “G-d d-mn it!”
This brought him scowls
From those who filled in the vowels.
With amazing and inhuman
Ferocity, Cardinal Newman
Fought at baseline and net
Until he won the set.
Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian —
69 A.D. was certainly amazing!
The world will never forget
Such an Imperial quartet.
The Marquis of Queensberry
Was very, very, very
Wont to inveigh
Against foul play.