Friday, September 21, 2007

Post 2.5

Happy Friday everyone. I hope it's a good one. I'll see some of you this evening. Until then, here's your daily dose:
  1. But, of course, being a Christian does mean thinking that, where Christianity differs from other religions, Christianity is right and they are wrong. As in arithmetic, there is only one right answer to a sum and all other answers are wrong; but some of the wrong answers are much nearer being right than others.
  2. A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
  3. I maintain nonetheless that yin-yang dualism can be overcome. With sufficient enlightment we can give substance to any distinction: mind without body, north without south, pleasure without pain. Remember, enlightenment is a function of willpower, not a function of physical strength.
  4. Get busy living or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. For the second time in my life, I'm guilty of a crime: parole violation. I doubt they'll toss up any roadblocks for that. Not for an old crook like me. I feel I am so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man as the start of a long journey who's conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend Andy again and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.
  5. You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht; your hat strategically dipped below one eye, your scarf it was apricot.
Discuss.

1 comment:

mathgeek said...

Glad to keep you guessing. Also, most of today's picks are among my favorites for the given themes...which will be revealed on Sunday, of course. I'm particularly proud of the #3s and #4s this week, although the #5s are fun.