{"id":3310,"date":"2002-12-23T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2002-12-23T20:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2002-12-23T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2002-12-23T20:45:08","slug":"restraint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/12\/23\/restraint.html","title":{"rendered":"Restraint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I made my annual pilgrimage to Fry’s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those who have not had the opportunity, Fry’s (in California, Texas, Oregon and Arizona) is a cross between Best Buy and an old school techie store. Which means that, yes, you can buy cappucino makers and the latest CDs, but you can also buy hard drives and integrated circuits and wires and fuses and stuff that gets more geeky than even I dare touch.<\/p>\n

It is a very, very dangerous place to go. There is not an aisle there that is not full of Very Tempting Things.<\/p>\n

Which is why, when I needed to go there for some last-minute Christmas shopping, I was astonished when Margie suggested I go alone.<\/p>\n

My wife is wise beyond her tender years.<\/p>\n

Because, of course, if she were with me, then I’d be tempted to try and buy every glittery, glossy, geeky widget I saw, with a hearty, “Hey, love, why don’t we get one of these<\/i>?” Because if she agreed, then it would be her fault, and if she denied it, it would be her fault, and I might be grumbly or I might be ecstatic, but it would be all her doing.<\/p>\n

But if I were there alone … why, then, I’d have to let my conscience be my guide. I’d have to think, “What would Margie say?” And my internal Margie is a lot more strict than my external one. And if I bought something and brought it home and she disapproved — then it would be my <\/i>fault, not hers.<\/p>\n

Eek.<\/p>\n

So I got out of there pretty safely, having bought just what I needed to. More or less.<\/p>\n

Man’s gotta know his limitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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