The first few paragraphs pattern match on "I'm going to use some excuse to meander on endlessly about myself, tying back into the nominal title just at the end

The first few paragraphs pattern match on "I'm going to use some excuse to meander on endlessly about myself, tying back into the nominal title just at the end so it doesn't look like I'm all about me", but it does turn out to just be a framing device and worth continuing past for an interesting story.