Horace Fletcher (1849-1919) was known as "The Great Masticator," and according to something I read somewhere, Henry James followed his prescription to swallow thirty-times before swallowing. Seems to me that you should follow the same advice when reading my blog (or maybe any blog).
And, in the process, I may have hit on a third new year's resolution, if resolving to take oneself less seriously isn't a self-contradiction. (I'm not sure that it isn't.)
Aren't you castigating yourself, as the great masticator would have said?
ReplyDeleteCastigate (according to Merriam-Webster): "to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism." While castigate bears a nice similarity to masticate, its emphasis far exceeds the mild self-criticism intended. I was simply chewing myself out a little, for the sake of better moral digestion.
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