Johnnyjay

I'm a Chicagoan, a lawyer, and a self-admitted "book freak." I have been addicted to reading and books since I was a child. To paraphrase John Steinbeck, "When I was very young and the urge to read all day was upon me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the prescribed remedy... more »

I'm a Chicagoan, a lawyer, and a self-admitted "book freak." I have been addicted to reading and books since I was a child. To paraphrase John Steinbeck, "When I was very young and the urge to read all day was upon me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the prescribed remedy was middle age. In middle age I was assured that greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-four perhaps senility will do the job."
(plagiarized with changes from "Travels with Charley")

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