This evening it occurred to me that many, if not all, of the major choices we make in life are exercises in trading one set of miseries for another, and hoping that the new miseries are more tolerable.

I don’t think I am inclined to share the details (or source) of this particular line of reasoning right now. Terribly sorry to disappoint you.

(One hastens to assure one’s loyal audience as well as transient viewers that one’s Blogathon efforts will remain free of such glum ponderings.)