snivel

And I whine a little bit and moan and snivel, and that works.

“They are, it turns out, latter-day saints, deflecting and taking on themselves the slights and assaults of the elitist, convention-bound enemy, becoming martyrs and shields of the people. And my God how they whine, how they snivel, how they demand our attention and sympathy.”

But I snivel all the way home.

The Soviet anthem blared waywardly within and my propaganda newsreel alter ego was born: please to welcome Comrade Timoteya, Stakhanovite hero cyclist, on glorious mission to celebrate majesty and large scale of Soviet Union, to admire mighty border defenses against rapacity of capitalism and lackey who snivel, to live proud dream of friendship and cooperation in socialist brotherhood.

Then, in 1959, Glenn resolutely set out to snivel his way into the toughest program of all: Project Mercury.