Decalogue 1. When I was ten I believed ten rules would see me out, or even, fingers crossed, through, but by mid-teens I’d forgotten one or two, and broken the best of the rest. Some were asking for it. Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me? Excusez-moi? I despised vanity, especially in others, therefore, Lord of the Brats: Me before Thee. 2. Why not Take Your Name In Vain, for Chrissake? It was never only in vain anyway, but also to good purpose: impressing bigger boys or smaller girls,…
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