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For anyone who cares, or anyone who believes Good&Happy has gone downhill

 

since its salad days almost four months ago, please note that archives are now enabled in a right-hand column for well-preserved Goodness & Happiness. On slow days, page back through.  Time Past has its moments.

Memory Lane, sometimes bumpier than you remembered....

Updating that era of tasty green fronds:
Schadenfreude, more venial than mortal. Richard John Neuhaus in January 2005 First Things sets a more generous standard than I would have expected.

There is a thin line between Schadenfreude, which I take to be measured satisfaction in the discomfiture of opponents, and the sin of morose delectation.

Thin line or not, it's reassuring to discover one may without permanent character damage linger occasionally on the lee side of measured satisfaction, well to the east of morose delectation.

Enhancement with archives thanks to Seattle's fine Marbledog web studio, which enjoys the administration of Laurie Jones, yet another lawyer who has leapt the fence and bolted for the border. Candor, imagination, experience, and skill dwell there, I've found so far.

Please don't blame Marbledog (yet) for this undistinguished template from TypePad. Adequate, not too depressing, it has been de-prioritized in favor of reflective pondering. Plain white crockery for a while, the chef is busy in the kitchen and hasn't chosen curtains for Chez D.

When we redecorate, you'll be the first to know. Assuming you visit.

Update:
To celebrate the New Year, and in response to certain international pals and readers, I will open up the comments section henceforth (might forget, but intend to).  Interest will be weighed against inconvenience.  Y'all comment, now, y'heah?