actually, the story i was about to tell had to come to an abrupt stop because it occurred to me while i was daydreaming tonight at a dinner party in which i stayed at least an hour later than i intended, but i was waiting for the right moment to make a polite exit, a moment which never came, so my exit was not quite as gracious as my preferred kind of exit. but what i was starting to say was that it occurred to me in a daydream that this was a story i have told many times over. and i think it is time for me to begin a new one, or at least one that i have told less frequently, at least to a different audience. i’ll have to think of something. nothing is coming to me just yet.