Pain is such an inhibiting factor. Its singular presence is normally incapable of rectitude. Like any good religion – though with more entitlement – pain is an uncompromising feature. Yet, once relieved of the annoyance (usually following the consumption of an anodyne), the world returns to a more moderate and compromising status.  It probably helped this afternoon to overcome my ribcage arthritis having consumed two “quad” espresso; that is, double espresso twice. I am wary of urging remedial medicinal theory to espresso; but, whatever the reason, the caffeine drug is not without its evident benefits.

But, to back up, the day today began with less enthusiasm than some.  Mistakenly last evening I lingered past ten o’clock flipping through nonsense and drivel on the internet. Some of it was probably legitimate; but I am forever mindful that algorithms play havoc with habit and custom. Clarity of thought is easily manipulated by the well-travelled and picturesque roadways.