Cranky Large Medium reading, 26 December

Go away.

Why haven't you gone? I wish and I wish, and you still stand here. Sheesh, you'd think there was some giant magnet anchoring you to the ground, or some such. Well, then, if you won't leave, what is it you want? Ah, a reading. I can give you that. Here you are:

You are gullible in the extreme (witness your coming to me for advice). You rely on others for judgment. You could be fun, entertaining, and even literary, if you learned to think for yourself. You are overly-considerate of others, are overpowering as a lover, and devote too much of your own creative powers on the lost cause of making your home a safe haven.

Are you happy, now? Of course not. Well, without a receipt, I can't give you a refund or an exchange. Boxing Day readings, like all others, are final. And, hey, at least you have this. Think about all these people who, on this date in history, were returned to their maker: Publius Septimius Geta, Pope Dionysius, Pope Zosimus, Babur, Seth Warner, Harry S. Truman, Gerald Ford, Simon Marius, Heinrich Schliemann, Melvil Dewey, Charles Pathé, Dian Fossey, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Watsuji Tetsuro, Frederic Remington, Armand Zildjian, Sigurd Køhn,* Aki Sirkesalo,* Mieszko Talarczyk,* Joe Dolan, Howard Hawks, Harold P. Warren, Jack Benny, Jason Robards, Nigel Hawthorne, Vincent Schiavelli, Elsa Lanchester, "Gorgeous" George Wagner, Doug Harvey, Reggie White, Troy Broadbridge, Bhumi Jensen,*

and Curtis Mayfield.

Tryin' to get over...
Happy birthday, anyway.

*They were waved goodbye. Our sympathies for all those who lost loved ones on that day.