"No, people are disillusioned with politics, and although I might spring a few surprises, I've got to play it by the book".
That one day, I too might sit on the back step with a pot of coffee and a notebook, or that I might spring out of bed to tend my (purely fictitious) dewy allotment... Now that I can safely (if very hesitantly) consider myself a grown-up, I have had to accept my fate: I'm not a morning person.
Mr. Murrain, who also has diabetes and is insulin-dependent, said he wanted to work, but: "I get on a job, I might last six months, I might last two months.
I could ignore the lump in my throat, the knots in my stomach, the feeling that at any moment I might fall.
"I asked him, 'Are you fit enough to play?' and he said, 'I've got no energy, I've got no strength, I might last five minutes.' It wasn't a chance that was worth taking.
"I haven't raced on the road yet - I might fall in love with it.
Nor did I ask, "Which Hall of Fame?" as I might today, what with those honoring clowns, cowboys and stars of baseball, football, rock 'n' roll, country music and more.
Try as I might this weekend, I could not stop myself from dwelling on the Forbes list of the highest-paid writers, and particularly on the No. 1 man, James Patterson, who last year made $70 million: One out of every 17 novels bought in the U.S. are authored by Patterson.
My firewood pile, which I thought might last two winters, is down to a handful of logs.
"This year I might get 1,000 if I'm lucky," Mr. Samson said, adding that he has taken a job driving an oil truck, and can afford to fish only part time.
"I might be today, but you will be tomorrow".
