YOU BE THE JUDGE

It struck me that what I'm wring in this blog is a memoir, kind of. And while there are rules for writing memoirs, there are also rules for reading one. When reading a memoir, you've always got to be asking yourself:

• Are these the thoughts the writer thought at the time,
• Or are these the thoughts the writer thinks he thought at the time,
• Or are these the thoughts the writer wishes he'd thought at the time (because his original thoughts have proven to be complete rubbish),
• Or are these the thoughts his wife, girlfriend (boyfriend?) or publisher want him to have thought at the time,
• Or is he just senile?

My wife votes for the last one.