"BOING!"
Posted on 12/10/2001 12:29:00 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum
Why am I logged in??? Why are any of us logged in?
On August 22, 2001 I posed the question Am I Logged In??? It was a simple question. It was a question making no accusation, nor absolving blame. It was constructed to be an imperfect (why else ask the question) iambic pentameter haiku. It was a query posed to those with analytic acumen, ownership of a pocket calculator, and the decency of fellow human beings who have the courtesy to close their tags. I felt sure that in kind, the responses would come from engineers, construction project managers, and at least one guy I know who works under the NY subway fixing stuff!
The question I fear, was too linear,and after a fashion, as is my wont, found myself pondering the allegorical, rather than the literal. This is certainly not a quest I take on lightly. Surely there must be at least the semblance of an explanation. I do so with right minded heart. I will seek the answers that allude me. I will do this forthwright and soberly. Especially since I have to deny my favorite adult beverage...Johnnie Walker Red, as the current world situation conjures up too many unshaven images.
Somewhere, my good friends, the answer awaits. Until then I remain always, your good, faithful, (and prescription med deprived),Focault
P.S. A quote from Robert Bolt's play, A Man For All Seasons...."If you must make trouble, make the sort of trouble that's expected."
Then Al Gore would give you such a pinch!
Ok, because this thread is obviously going to take a tuen for the worse, let me say: I love you, babe. Let's turn this into an SPG special.
"BOING!"
Jeezus H. Christmas. Not again.
Oh well. But he does raise a rather Cartesian point: how do any of us really know that we are actually logged in?
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Did you mean to say, a badly written song...your metaphors are showing.
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