Larry David: "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Do you know that application question that often pops up: Which fictional character do you relate to, and why?

I tend to answer Toad, from "Frog and Toad," but really the answer is Larry David, from "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Last night, my family watched just ten minutes, and in that time: (1) Larry felt some misguided chivalry about seeing a female driver carry his bag, and the awkwardness led to an extremely inappropriate customer "complaint." (2) Larry tried to order anchovies at lunch, but canceled the wish because his friends were "food-shaming" the order. (3) Larry saw Dr. Josh Gad, who bragged about maybe (maybe) once having treated Harrison Ford, and who accidentally showed off his own ratty pair of underwear. (4) A dispute about a communal phone-charger led to espionage and a possible rupture between two friends.

Here is my own week. A language specialist came to assess my son, but spent at least thirty minutes complaining to me that her uncharged computer took too long to "power on."

My son later grabbed my cell phone and texted gibberish to my former boss, but the "autocorrect" feature *translated* the gibberish, and the phrase became: "Use this code for sex."

Finally, I drafted--and almost sent--an inflammatory email to a neighbor, who had (falsely) accused me of failing to check on the status of my mounted "back-road light."

I'm just happy that Larry understands and sees me; as foolish as my days can be, I know someone out there is being even sillier.

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