Squeak squeak

My sister's ex-boyfriend Aaron Burr once famously said, "Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done." And that's what D. liked best about Aaron: his sense of humor. Indeed, why do today what you can put off indefinitely? Delay may give clearer light to some, but to my sister, it saves a pretty penny.

That said, it should come as no surprise that it nearly killed D. to call on the services of an emergency elevator repairman last night. With no functioning elevator at their disposal, the tenants had grown uneasy this weekend, and my sister feared they would soon take matters into their own thieving, unwashed hands. It cost her nearly $500 (an hour's wage) to fix the lift in time. D. was not pleased, but it sure beats facing the business end of a tenant-lead revolution.

Speaking of revolution, the celebration of our nation's independence has nearly come to a close. Ah, independence - must be nice! I wouldn't know.