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January 25, 2009

his usual charming self

I just got home from my neighbor's open house. "What's the occasion?" asked a friend of mine this afternoon when I told her about it. I didn't know. Post-inauguration festivities? Happy new year? Early birthday party? I found out by accident, after I'd been over there for a while, that the party was to celebrate my neighbor's retirement. Wow. It was a big bash, with catered delicious food. I wished I had brought something that acknowledged the milestone instead of the five bottles of beer I found at the back of my refrigerator.

I think that it is unlikely I will ever be able to retire, and if I retire I will be unlikely to throw a party, unless it is the kind of affair where everybody brings me a bag of food.

When I was younger there were "can you believe it?" stories about older people who were retired, on fixed incomes and so poor they had to resort to eating canned cat food. I buy canned cat food now and let me tell you there is no way I could afford to eat it myself. In fact I split one can between three cats every morning and then I let Twilight have what's left, which is usually just canned cat food juice.

"Did you buy hot dogs?" asks Moo, peering hairily into the refrigerator. I did not; after I bought a week's worth of Little Friskies Special Recipe for Indoor Cats I was out of money. No, I will never be able to retire.

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