Good on paper. Lousy at life.

Crisis makes us strong and wildly inept.

I had a breakdown at Trader Joes.

Not this week, but once. OK, truth: I have had a good deal of breakdowns to various degrees at Trader Joes. Most particularly at the Brooklyn, Court Street Trader Joes, primarily mid-day, on a weekend, and I never, never give up my space in line.