"The place is but $1,000, and not much sought," Lincoln rationalized to Seward, "and I must relieve myself of Canisius".
"And the way I rationalized it to myself was I actually thought he was just playing to the crowd.
I remember rationalizing to a friend that boys chose their dancing partners the way they chose their colleges: first choice was a reach, second was a chance with a possible rejection, third was a 90percentt yes, and finally, fourth choice was an assured acceptance.
After a while, I couldn't even rationalize to myself why I was staying sober anymore.
Nobody, I rationalized, was going to be without the Extended Rollo Mix of "New York City Boy" because of my actions.
"Well," I rationalized, "I told him to go away, and he didn't.
Being human, I rationalized, means I'm wired to fill in blanks, to create a whole out of parts.
The way I rationalized it, that worked out to $557 a night for lodging, meals, transportation, trip insurance and taxes -- not bad for high season in Bermuda, where a nice hotel room can cost several hundred dollars.
Besides, I rationalized, who can blame a superheroine for wanting to be supercute?
I rationalized that I would be wasting a mental healthcare provider's time by coming to them with my concerns.
