Andrew J. Lederer

you know, sometimes you're trying to be funny but your timing is off and the other person somehow gets hurt. but how does this happen with people who you know, who ought to know that you mean well and would never set out to hurt them?

i mean, you'd think you'd get some indulgence but i guess the mistake is thinking that other people are inert boards against which which you can simply bounce your feelings and thoughts.

talking to someone is, in reality, more like setting off a chemical reaction or becoming part of a mathematical equation -- the other element interacts with your elements in ways that may not be predictable but which produce an unavoidable result, casting relationships in new, disturbing lights that seemingly can't be turned off.

i suppose another lasting regret will be found inside my christmas stocking.

thank god i'm a jew.