But even by the standards of that indulgent period, the wedding of his daughter, Laura, was over the top.
It actually falls in line with Ryan's standard-issue consensus and/or indulgent decision-making in regards to his players to go right back to Sanchez.
But even by the Tory party's standards, this week's antics were staggeringly self-indulgent: pointless, confected and dangerous.Give the Eurosceptics their due: their views that Britain should stay out of the euro, and that its design was flawed, have been vindicated.
They were interspersed with occasional cutaways to Vaz, who smiled on with all the indulgent authority of a man censured three times by parliamentary standards officials, yet somehow still in charge of a committee.
Abstain from indulging in sleep, or sleeping in indulgent beds.
In his hands, none of these (or his lonely version of Hank Williams's "Lost Highway") are covers; they are standards, and, even when Buckley is at his most indulgent, few have interpreted them and made them their own better.
Despite the valiant efforts of Adele, Barbra Streisand and a surprisingly witty Daniel Day-Lewis, not to mention a last-minute surprise appearance by First Lady Michelle Obama as co-presenter of the best picture award, touted as the first Oscar telecast with a theme — a tribute to musical Hollywood — was long, self-indulgent and dull even by the show's time-honored dull-defining standards.
Rather than opting for the standard bread and mustard/mayonnaise combo for this sandwich, this time, we'll use more indulgent ingredients.
Although "Drawing Now" may be eclectic to a fault and indulgent of wacky formats — pointlessly large ones, in some cases — it affirms that a search is on for renewed standards of mastery, validity, and eloquence in a medium that has been the bedrock of visual art since the draftsmen of Lascaux.
All four shops offer a standard hot chocolate with the option of whipped cream for under £3.00, bar Nero's particularly indulgent Hot Chocolate Milano which is priced at £3.10 (but worth the extra).
