But you can imagine a wry smile from the author as he describes this fellow New Yorker's attempts to come to terms with suburban life, declarations such as: "I can't help being happy in a town called Blacksmith.
"Would you feel more or less comfortable," Justice Rathje asked, "with a judge who has already told you how he is going to rule?" Judge Thomas, a former Chicago Bears football player who now sits on an appeals court, said in an interview that the pro-life declaration was simply a statement of his personal views.
A mandatory part of every driver's license renewal should be a demonstration that the driver has a valid end-of-life declaration on file with the Recorder of Deeds.
"You may succeed in silencing one man, but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life," the declaration said.
The statement z'man simchateinu (the season of our joy) is a life affirming declaration, even when we confront death.
"The Unbinding" has plenty of it: the "grad-school girls who run the blenders" at the smoothie bar; Selkirk's "Caucasian-casual" dress-sense, "like a Today's Man sales rack come to life"; the memorable declaration, "I was taking a facialist to eat sashimi".
In his extremely high-profile position, it is rare to see a man (or woman, for that matter) establish such a firm boundary on personal life, so his declaration is newsworthy and prompting national conversation.
Moreover, if you travel to Charlottesville, visit Jefferson's home and look at his tombstone you will see listed the three most important accomplishments in his life: writing the Declaration of Independence, authoring the Virginia statute on religious freedom, and founding the University of Virginia.
And it traces Joe's fate after he delivers an impassioned defense of the K9's on talk radio, his life-and-death declaration turning him into a local celebrity.
The group's most effective tool has been the Declaration of Life, a wallet-size card that declares, "If I die as a result of a violent crime, I request that the person or persons found guilty for my killing not be subject to the death penalty".
