Anglers Journal

Worth Crowing About

I’ve never been a fan of the term bucket list, which exploded into instant overuse after the tear-jerker movie of the same name debuted. Suddenly, everyone felt compelled to tell you exactly which things just had to be experienced before he or she caught the big bus.

I suppose this phenomenon reflects an extreme manifestation of

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