provocations

I begin with the principle that all men are bores.
Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.
- Søren Kierkegaard

Meet Kierkegaard, an angst-ridden regular on my patio. He flops listlessly onto the warm bricks, flicks his tail and furrows his brow. I have no idea what his owners call him, but it seemed appropriate to name him after the author of 'Provocations'.