Regular production of this newsletter was delayed over the last two weeks by the extensive preparations involved in putting together a feast for about 150 people on the occasion of my sixtieth birthday. Unbeknownst to me, my family organized a series of toasts, roasts, and performances that made this most recent party one of the more meaningful experiences in my life. My youngest child, Eli Miller-Leonard, sent the crowd into repeated paroxysms of laughter with their own original version of one of my newsletter posts. I think their roast works both as satire, and marketing -- I gained three new subscriptions in the hour following their speech! I am publishing it here because I think it is a hoot. As one of my guests asked me afterwards, “How does it feel to be so
The lichee nut doesn't fall far from the tree
The son is pretty astute. That much knowledge would make me nervous ...
Sounds like you had a successful offspring!