good news and bad news (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

I like this email

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 17:39:27 -0700
 > 
 >  The  good  news:
 > 
 >  1.   The  copy  of  /Surveillance  Capitalism/  that  I  ordered  turned  
 >  up  at  my  local  bookstore.
 > 
 >  2.   I  walked  there!   And  I  didn't  run  out  of  breath,  and  
 >  although  my  legs  hurt,  they  don't  hurt  terribly.
 > 
 >  The  bad  news:
 > 
 >  1.   There's  an  ice  cream  shop  between  my  house  and  the  
 >  bookstore.
 > 
 >  2.   It's  October.