I acknowledge that most of our great pleasures in the present came from the pursuits of comfort in the past. It is said that “Necessity is the mother of invention,” but I’m pretty sure the heated toilet seat was not a necessity. I think it would be more accurate to say, “Comfort is the drunk uncle of invention.”
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Monday, July 4, 2011 | 12:00 a.m. CDT
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