We Will Avoid the Fiscal Cliff Because the Members of the House Are Tired and Want to Go Home

When I was in college I would do this thing where I would procrastinate on papers for days or weeks or months before finally buckling in and getting to work with, oh, 12 hours left before the thing was due. Then I would work furiously for a bit before giving up in the end and wrapping the paper up as sloppily as possible. It would be 3 a.m. and I would be in the library and I would say to myself, “I’m tired and I need to go home.” I wasn’t very good at college which is why I’m now a blogger — that’s a lesson for you children. More »