A return to normal business

I participated in my first Council meeting since February. Six months of wasted time and missed opportunity. The stupid people of the universe have such a lot to answer for. The rest of us are required to put up with their stupidity and let it neither depress nor detract us. At times, though, that's easier to say (or write) than do. Still, everyone seemed truly pleased to have me back. That's never bad.

I'm with Goethe who wrote: "There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity." How could he have known about my start to 2009?