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JUST DESSERTS

Stifled shouts of rage and choked sobs of sorrow will be echoing through our fair country at the time this article appears in print. As it must every year, Income Tax Day has taken its toll of our money, tempers and emotions. And as every year, we have to get over this. There are many ways to oblivion, from getting plastered to memorizing the editorial page of the New York Times and chanting it to the moon, from studying the Dead Sea Scrolls to starting a summer affair. But in the end, they will be either boring, inconvenient or expensive. The remedy I propose, dear friends, is far simpler, cheaper and more amusing—and what’s more, it can be shared by many with perfect propriety, which is more than can be said of many contemporary amusements. The remedy I propose is to indulge in desserts. And I hasten to say that they don’t even have to be fattening ones.

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JUST DESSERTS

Stifled shouts of rage and choked sobs of sorrow will be echoing through our fair country at the time this article appears in print. As it must every year, Income Tax Day has taken its toll of our money, tempers and emotions. And as every year, we have to get over this. There are many ways to oblivion, from getting plastered to memorizing the editorial page of the New York Times and chanting it to the moon, from studying the Dead Sea Scrolls to starting a summer affair. But in the end, they will be either boring, inconvenient or expensive. The remedy I propose, dear friends, is far simpler, cheaper and more amusing—and what’s more, it can be shared by many with perfect propriety, which is more than can be said of many contemporary amusements. The remedy I propose is to indulge in desserts. And I hasten to say that they don’t even have to be fattening ones.