Sainted Mother: Do you know Ann Rand’s Atlas?
Me: You mean Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged?
Sainted Mother: Yes. Does it predict what’s happening now? They mentioned it on Fox News.
Me: Well, yeah, sort of.
Sainted Mother: I’d like to read that.
Me: pauses. It’s over 1000 pages.
Sainted Mother: A thousand pages?
Me: Yeah.
Sainted Mother: pauses Maybe not.
Me: You were expecting 160 pages?
Sainted Mother: Well…
On the other hand, it’s still longer than the omnibus spending measures passing through Congress.
Or at least the last one.
