99% Perspiration

GOODBYE AND GOOD riddance, summer. The Northeast was locked into a heat-and-humidity wave for much of the season. Weather reports teased blessed relief in the form of potential thunderstorms. When the rains came, they didn’t cool.

In short, it was a time of perspiration. According to the traditional formula, every one measure of inspiration should be followed by 99 measures of perspiration. It’s not unreasonable to expect the reverse to hold true.

But it didn’t, if my mailbox was any indication.

The credit card companies