The Tenth Class Report caused me to look inward and re-evaluate
myself.  I found myself revolted with my pursuit of the almighty
buck and decided to move to New York and let the buck purse me.
I'd like to stop here to dispel two common myths - one that everyone
on Wall Street down to the hot vendors is dishonest.  This is
brazenly false as there are no hot dog vendors on Wall Street.
The second myth is that New York is expensive.  This may well have
been started by DeToqueville ("In la pomme grande, the ice cream
vendors dressed as kinges selle ice creame by the spoone for a 
pounde.")  New York is certainly no more expensive than prom 
night in Tokyo, though a more ambiguous statement can hardly be
conceived.

Actually, Wall Street was too smart to hire me.  In fact, the 
rejection filled me with so much admiration that I immediately
invested my life savings with them.  My contrarian instincts
tell me that Yugoslavian penny stocks will surge back in the
next decade or two.

Anyway, instead of giving a run-down of a life best summarized by
Abe Lincoln's quote: "If this is coffee,  bring me tea, if this 
is tea, bring me coffee," I would like to give the six, no, make
that five quotes that I view as epiphanal in the last sesquidecade.

1. "Eight speeding tickets?  Where are you rushing to Ev?" - Rick Rosner

2. Evan: "Did you ever get into a situation that was really
   stupid but you had to go through with it as a matter of honor?"
   Peter Karp: "Yeah, life."

3. "There is always one more time, and then there are no more times." - Ramsey Haddad

4. "Everybody got a plan until they get hit." - Mike Tyson when told that Tyrell
Biggs had a plan to beat him.

5. Evan: "When I consider how my light is spent
        Ere half my days in this dark work and wide..."
        Can you finish it Jake?
   Jacob Pinnolis: Yep.  Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah."

That's about it.  Oh, I did meet this fabulous woman and married her, but
more of that at the twentieth.