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A Ramble In Time

I am still months away from being 40, ladies.

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Ben Dreyfuss
Feb 14, 2026
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a portrait of Willem de Kooning by his wife Elaine

The worst thing you can do in life is wish that time would pass faster.

We all do it, though. People being tortured by the Taliban do it, and, fair enough, but people do it when they’re sad. They do it when they’re feeling ill. People do it when they’re excited for something. People do it on a train in t…

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