Runnerbean,

You're not ever going to read this. You don't use tumblr. You use msn to wish me a happy birthday, or if you've been trapped by snow. Sometimes I wish it were the 60s, so there would be no internet, and you'd still be around 3,000 miles away, but we could write, and I could complain about how de Valera is always going to be around Ireland, and you could rant about that dang upstart Kennedy who doesn't wear hats. (Breakfast at Tiffany's would be showing at the pictures, and beehives and kitten heels would be acceptable casual wear - but that's not the point.) We'd also have the excuse of the Bomb meaning that it's now or never.

Obama doesn't wear hats either, and I hear kitten heels are back in vogue. Hmm. There's always 2012. It's now or never, really, isn't it?

— Call me Pristinearms.