tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post9139878327171416136..comments2023-12-23T20:09:27.185+00:00Comments on The Curmudgeon: Personal ApocalypsesPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-43242143191969449492010-07-31T01:41:25.997+01:002010-07-31T01:41:25.997+01:00People - especially parents - just don't think...People - especially parents - just don't think that far ahead. I'm convinced that being a parent releases some sort of hormone that destroys the perspective in otherwise relatively intelligent and rational human beings; first in favour of an obsession with the sacred infant, and later in favour of an obsession with taming the dreaded adolescent. It could be argued (I'm sure it must Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-69502568695228248092010-07-30T23:47:57.042+01:002010-07-30T23:47:57.042+01:00I grew up in the height of the Cold War (duck and ...I grew up in the height of the Cold War (duck and cover, 13 Days and all). My father declined to build a bomb shelter, saying we would not want to be around afterwards and anyway our neighbors might try to kill us to use it in our stead. Now I see impending catastrophe in environmental terms. I will likely not live long enough to see the worst of it, about the only advantage of growing old. Madame Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-9097827053692102672010-07-30T15:36:44.355+01:002010-07-30T15:36:44.355+01:00Well good for you! The question of course if wheth...Well good for you! The question of course if whether one can start to love the Dr.Consider Everythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114602476314528613noreply@blogger.com