Selected Aphorisms #36

The thirty-sixth installment in our carefully thought-out new series.

Ten years ago, as a college student in New York, I usually didn’t go to bed until three in the morning or so. Now, living in Portland, Ore., midnight is about as late as I make it. As I see it, there are two possible explanations for this development: either, one, as I’ve grown older, I’ve lost the capacity to stay up so late, or two – and just as likely, I’d say – I have as yet to adjust to the time change.