IF YOU WILL

Some of you wrote me to tell me to lighten up about the blog thing. That I'm taking myself too seriously. Look, if you were me, you'd be taking yourself seriously, too. Too seriously. Too. It's what I do. And it's what you'd do, too, if you were me. It's part of being me. And it would be part of being you, too, if you were me. I can't not be me, can I? And you couldn't not be you if you were me, either, could you? I think not. And you'd think not as well if you were me, wouldn't you? Of course.

Today is a perfectly good day for ...

Funny. I had every intention of finishing that thought, but nothing came immediately to mind. Oh sure, I could come up with a host of things to say. That's the easy part. But finding something that really stands out, that is really outstanding, that would really connect with the reader, that would seriously resonate at the very core of one's being ... not so easy. Unless you're me, of course. So here goes:

Today is a perfectly good day to end every sentence with the phrase: If you will.

I know what you're thinking. How does he do it?! What can I say? It's a gift. One of my special powers, if you will.