If I'm that predictable I must be in a rut.
Trust me, sir, you’re in a rut, a really deep rut, predictable as the sun coming up in the morning.
Though, on reflection, it has seemed that you may have been transitioning into a wise old mildly curmudgeonly creative fossilized old fart vs a more young special ops flavored kick-arse, take names, take no prisoners sort of bloke. LOL.