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."
As I prepare to enter my annual x-mas depression, these questions come to the surface to ask for redemption. They want to be asked and answered with military precision and are yet denied for one more year.
But then, I beg the question. Who keeps the log?
That's a post for another day...I'll make sure you're on my self abuse button bang list.
I'm not trying to single you out....but this is a serious discussion group, wrestling with great philosophical uncertanies. All others needing a singles forum should make a reservation at the Blue Ribbon Motel. Route 3, Secaucus NJ. They got hourly rates!!! At least that's what somebody told me.
Oh, wow, man, that is SO deep.
Dude...pass the bong, man!
Damn!!! I'm speechless!!! This has nothing to do with deer hunting....does it?
No, it doesn't. But if you watch carefully, you'll see Mr. Greenjeans has his hand up Bunny Rabbit's backside.
Let me set the stage first...................To be logged in would be equal to an active and living human who interacts with his/her environment on a philosophical and intellectual level. By doing so has some measurable effect on that same environment. Now, to answer the question why........
Because if you do not log in you would be no better than a slave to your environment. A lowly microbe of a human being.(commonly called a sheeple) A worthless resource consuming piece of baggage that has to be carried along by those who are not. (kinda like dog crap on your shoe)
Funny, I always thought of Grandfather Clock as the stiff one.
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