"Escaping the puritans is a task that is never finished."
Rocking conclusion-sorry to have given it all away, but it's too awesome not to quote.
So true! It is a constant, constant battle!
Read this whole article, it's fantastic.
The lede is also fabulous:
"The first law of thermodynamics says that energy can't be created and
can't be destroyed -- it can only be changed from one form into another.
The same holds true of the puritanical impulse."
Must read!