But rehabilitation can be slow, especially if, like me, you tend to replay the catastrophe over and over in your mind, wondering how it happened.

NEWYORKER: Secrets and Lies

However, those of a romantic cast of mind cannot help wondering where the boats go after they drop off the tourists, chugging upriver and out of sight.

BBC: Take the boat out of Bangkok

And you've really savaged Mitt Romney for changing his mind, and I'm wondering if you don't run some risk of looking kind of too clever by half here.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

By now, you might be wondering if your pro-growth, supply-side Republican blogger has lost his mind.

FORBES: L.A. Law

And as the spending cuts start kicking in, they have to stand around blinking at each other, wondering how the heck it is again that you make one of those resolutions where you change your mind about something you agreed on before.

FORBES: Fiscal Cliff and the CBO Follies