A year or two ago I wanted to get business cards but then I couldn’t decide what to put after my name. I came up with a long list: “cad,” “ne’er-do-well,” “bounder,” “boor,” “blackguard,” “bad influence,” “roustabout,” “malefactor,” “evil genius,” “reprobate,” “miscreant,” “varlet,” “rapscallion,” “rake,” “libertine,” “debauché,” “roué,” “voluptuary,” and “serpent of sin” topped the list. Somehow none of them seemed quite right.
However, in light of my promise yesterday to post twice and my subsequent failure to do so, it’s clear that “black-hearted fiend” is the only appropriate choice.
In hopes that you can forgive me for not being a man of my word, I will post twice today.
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