Several years ago, Joe Singletary, gift-giver par excellence, gave Jimmy an atomic clock for Christmas, and it has sat by Jimmy's bathroom sink ever since. Sometimes, when we get Chinese food delivered, and Jimmy finds a message that I consider particularly apropos inside of his fortune cookie, I tape it to his atomic clock.
One of these little white slips of paper says "You are known as a snappy dresser." Jimmy loves beautiful clothes, and wears them with an elegance and a savoir-faire that occasionally rivals his buddy Converse Bright.
"People find it difficult to resist your persuasive manner" certainly applies, as does "Pray for what you want, but work for what you need." My favorite, though, is "A tentative life is full of regrets"; never a timorous J. Alfred Prufrock, Jimmy Dewar is the least tentative person I've ever known.
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