Dead Before Christmas

Hope that dry-ass bird stuffed with bread was worth it, Nana!

[An ominous omen from TIME Magazine in May 2017.]

I hoped as a kid that I would live in interesting times that would be studied by future generations until the sun mercifully exploded and exterminated the human race.

I realized the error in my thinking back in February when it became clear I would have the pleasure to live a once-in-a-lifetime Great Depr…