Thursday May 19, 2005

Mmm, Patchy

Alright. My quit smoking counter is quickly becoming, um, misleading. First I asked you to subtract one, for that lone cigarette under the desk. Now I must ask that you subtract 40 for my activities on Tuesday, when I suddenly realized that whole packs of cigarettes are openly for sale at the deli near my home, and then for later that afternoon when I realized Rite Aid also carries them. (I’m still in great smoking shape, as you can see.) But that’s all. Well, except for the one I had last night at the Radar launch party. They were smoking inside, for Chrissakes! In Manhattan! So fascinated was I by this radical smoking concept that I missed this entirely. Who says smoking is bad for you?

To review: That’s the ticker minus one, minus 40, minus one. And now I’m wearing the patch. A big one normally reserved for higher mammals involved in medical experiments. Yummy.

And to clarify: My new program of contempt for smokers will continue unabated, except when I am a) actually in the act of smoking or b) trying to bum potentially heart-attack-inducing cigarettes from them.

Posted by jim at 11:35 AM ||