The Daily Smorgasbord JUN 2014 | Page 13

    STARTED  ON  PAGE  12   After  paying   for  our  meals  and  leaving   a   tip,   we   left   the   restaurant   feeling   quite   satisfied.     The   restaurant   might   have   some   aesthetic   flaws,   but   they   are   easily   overshadowed   by   the   overwhelmingly   good   food,   drink   and   service   at   the   Teluwut   grill   and  pub.       Dear Abby: Monthly a column Dear  Abby,     I  am   about   to   graduate   high-­‐school,   and  I’m  under  unbelievable  pressure  from   parents   and  society   in  general   to   study  in   an   expert   field   such   as   oral   surgery   or   anesthesiology.     All   I   want   to   do   is   have   fun?    Sincerely,  tense  in  Connecticut.         Dear  Tense,     No   one   is   forcing   you   to   go   into   a   medical  field,   or   even  go   to  college   for   that   matter.    As  much  as  I’d  like  to  tell  you  to  go   and   have   fun,   your   family   is   right   in   that   you   do   need   to   start   thinking   about   a   career  field.    But  there’s   no  reason  that  the   field   can’t   be   fun.     Work   hard   so   you   can   have  fun  working  hard.    Sincerely,  Abby.   Dear  Abby,     I’ve   been   really   good   friends   with   my   neighbor  for   years.    He’s   a  really   good   guy,   and  not  just  to   me.       He’s   always   doing   community  service,   or  baking  me   treats,   or   hosting  community  barbeque’s.    The  other   day   I   think   I   caught   him   distributing   confidential   information   about   his   job   for   the  government.    I  know  how  much  trouble   he  can  get  in,  and  I  know  what  he’s  doing  is   illegal.    It  seems  so  wrong  to  bring  the  law   down   on   one   of   my   best   friends,   but   as   a   criminal  he  has  no  right  to  escape  the  law.     What  should  I  do?       Sincerely,  vexed  in  Chicago.     Dear  Vexed,     There   are   people   that   do   the   right   things   for   the   wrong   reasons,   and   people   that   do   the   wrong   things   for   the   right   reasons.     I   you   feel   that,   deep   down,   your   neighbor   is   breaking   the   law   because   he   feels  it  is  right,  then  maybe  you  should   let   him   carry  on   with  his   actions.     Not   that  I’m   telling   you   to   waive   your   right   as   a   concerned  citizen,  but  the  fact  remains  that   this   nation   was   founded   on   a   set   of   moral   laws,     and   not   the   complicated   bureaucratic   mess   that   dominates   the   system  today.    Sincerely,  abby.     Dear  Abby,     I’m   a   cook   at   a   popular   restaurant   and   I   think   my   assistant   is   stealing   my   recpipes.    I  don’t  know  if  he  want  them  for   himself   or   wants   to   sell   them   to   other   restaurants.     I   can’t   just   hide   them.     What   should  I  do?    Sincerely,  clueless  in  Seattle.     Dear  Clueless,     If   you   like   to   have   fun,   you   could   replace   the   recipe   with   uncomplimentary   ingredients,     and   watch   as   chaos   ensues.     Or   you   could   order   the   assistant   to   be   fired;  but  who  would  do  that?       Sincerely,  Abby