I estimate that I spend about one-sixteenth of my life waiting. That may be average, I don’t know. I may wait a little more than some people because I’m somewhat obsessive about being late. One of the consequences of growing up in England with queues and rationing is the life-long assumption that whatever I’m waiting [...]
You’ve seen them while you’ve been flipping through the channels — Bible in hand, fervid, possessed, contorted, shouting sweating and rumpled, explicating and expounding upon a scriptural passage. Well, I’m not going to do that this morning — unless something unforeseen comes about, I won’t be jumping up and down, pacing or haranguing. I’m also [...]