Picture of the Day for 12/3/2010. Upon the recommendation of a friend, I'm reading Alas, Babylon, a Cold War post-apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank which was first published in 1959 and is set in central Florida. Frank begins the novel with a very unflattering description of a fussy spinster, Florence Wechek, who is the next-door neighbor of the story's protagonist. Based on the description, I expected this woman to be in her 60s at the very youngest, but Frank eventually reveals that she's a mere 47 years old! I'm 47 years old. Florence has two pet birds. I have two pet birds. The similarities are frightening. Now I'm depressed...
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