The Pharisee Stood and Prayed Thus With Himself

My eyes burn and my head hurts. Also my nose hurts when I breathe. Therefore I quote a passage from the Bible:

"God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are"

Because these symptoms come from breathing the smoke from fires that burned down 800+ houses, a few miles down the highway from my The City. I rejoice at still being encumbered with my trifling "stuff" and pray I don't end up like those cats over in Bastrop.

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(for those who didn't get the reference)