How about yourself, Mannie? I’m not much of a padre but I’ll do my best, if I can help. Any sins on your mind, old cobber? If you need to confess, I know quite a little about sin.” Told him my needs did not run that way. Then did recall sins, some I cherished, and gave him a version more or less true. That reminded him of some of his own, which reminded me— Zero time came and went before we ran out of sins. Stu LaJoie is a good person to spend last minutes with, even if don’t turn out to be last.
