Lord Bute ſucceeded his Grace, and we may preſume, by his œconomick plan, for leſſening the expences of his majeſty’s houſehold, such as retrenching ſeveral tables, introducing board wages, &c. no addition was made in his adminiſtration.

I spaffed all over my face. Some went up my nose and in my eyes.

I realized that the strain of the aloha spirit that surfing was bringing out in me was extremely aggressive. […] In my third week I had a revelation. I returned to Seal Beach, where Kim was still in school with the Michaels, and paddled straight out to the pier. I looked around and realized that the lineup was all kooks. In fact, I was the least kooky. I couldn't believe it. Where was the gang?

And I'm talking about seconds that mean so much! that will let us rewrite our histories—unwrite the letters that Allie wrote near that time; unwrite her time on the beach with Johnny; make us both virgins exactly as I'd seen it then; unwrite my times with Barbara, my phone conversations, letters, years of druggy dreams of her, and my revenge story and all of Allie's times with Lemaster.