"'Papa is a preferable mode of address,' observed Mrs. General. 'Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives a pretty form to the lips. Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips: especially prunes and prism"--Little Dorrit
On British tourists in Rome: "Nobody said what anything was, but everybody said what the Mr.s Generals, Mr. Eustace, or somebody else said it was"--ibid.
Went to see my shrink Dr. Hassan.
Dinner was roast chicken.
In the evening I went to a Canadian Opera Company lecture with the Classical Music Meetup at the North York Central Library. (I showed them that photo of me in the Cavalleria Rusticana chorus.)
Read over 50 pages of Little Dorrit!
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