'Ever since the world began, men have been subject to various tricks of Fortune'

Let's just say I dodged a bullet.

We're still enjoying that big TV. In addition, we've taken advantage of a 19% off opportunity and purchased a blender and wallet among other things.

I'm reading The Decameron now by Giovanni Boccaccio. I was supposed to read parts of it for my Great Books class in Winter 2005, but being as lazy as I was/am, I didn't read a word of it. It really is a good book though. "In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days thay are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than with earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperello, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative."

My eyes are tired. Good night.