remedy

"there is a remedy for everything except death."

these wise words came from the greatest knight errant the world has ever known, none other than the esteemed don quixote.

it was a long hard read but i finally finished don quixote. this was the third time i've read don quixote and it didn't lose any of its magic. the things that made it such a long hard read were the very small fonts and the longest paragraphs known to mankind. I originally started reading it on the e-reader but after a few pages i decided that the greatest novel ever written should be read in its original form, a book comprised of paper and ink rather than plastic and electronics. Not only were the fonts small, the paragraphs were set up in such a way that there were several conversations and plot twists within the same paragraph, making it difficult to follow because you lose the points of reference that you normally rely upon when a new paragraph starts and when a different character speaks. it often became very difficult to remember who was speaking to whom.

in the course of reading don quixote, i asked several friends if they had read it, and shockingly almost everyone said no! i find it hard to believe that anyone professing to be an avid reader has not read don quixote. so if anyone reading this wee epistle hasn't read it, turn your fucking tv off and start reading. if you're old and have lost a little vision, do yourself a favor and get the biggest hardcover with the largest fonts you can find.

i had started reading it in february but fell victim to the small fonts and the enormity of the task, then much to my shame, i gave up. a trip to the optometrist for new reading glasses soon put things in order but something held me back until i was picking up rip's easter eggs in the park and a light turned on in my rapidly declining mind, read the son a bitch whilst soaking my poor aching back in a steaming hot bath tub. a few times each day i drew a hot bath and drifted away into the world of knight errants and chivalry. the only problem was when i closed the glass doors on the tub, my glasses fogged up but i suppose there are people out there with bigger problems than foggy glasses.

if i walked into a store and stumbled upon another don quixote character jug, do you think i'd be able to resist temptation?

absolutely not! (as long as it was reasonable priced)

i love you sons of bitches.