Perhaps it's a side effect of the particular kind of hubris that comes with wanting to have a whole space in the paper to write your thoughts down for the benefit of the fish that will be wrapped in them tomorrow, but I feel like I've been finishing a lot of my discussions (some have even called them rants) lately with "thank you for coming to my TED talk."
It's a nice way to wrap up those casual, after-work beer conversations when you suddenly realise that it has been quite a while since you took a breath and probably even longer since the person you're TED-talking at got a word in edgewise. To my loving partner, I can only say I'm sorry.
