F. Scott Fitzgerald

Brilliance soaked in booze

F. Scott left poignant musings

"As big as the Ritz."

My only real New Year's resolution is to read

all of the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald. I just

finished his short stories, "Babylon Revisited

And Other Stories", my favorite story being the

one entitled, "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz," hence

my reference to that in the haiku. I have now moved

on to "The Pat Hobby Stories," a collection of 17 

stories that feature the same comedic, washed-out 

screenwriter, Pat Hobby, who lives in Hollywood and is hanging

on to his career by the skin of his teeth.  Awesome stories.

What a shame we lost F. Scott so early; he was just 44.