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Well, as you can see it’s been ages since I’ve “been here.”
That doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking.
That doesn’t mean I haven’t been drinking.
Or perhaps it means I have.
I don’t drink any more.
I don’t drink any less – ha ha!
Anyway – did this last Presidential election blow you away
as much as it did me? Yes, there I had to go and bring it
up, didn’t I?
Last August I was in Chicago (hey, now there’s a lot of
interesting things to write about! Went to Buddy Guy’s and
my friend kicked butt on open mic. Anyway…)
I met this girl doing things with the democratic party – fairly
involved – let’s say deeply. One of my comments to her, and
I’ll pass along to you – if Shrub wins – what is there to hope for?
I’ll get off politics for now. It’s so depressing.

What really prompted me to come here tonight after all this time
is, actually something similar: closed minded people.
People with very narrow blinkers. People who are so narrow minded
that their ears touch.
This fellow writes in my group about how “fallen man” can’t find
anything but a false God. And Catholicism is – I forget what he said,
but you can bet it wasn’t good. My only comment back to him about
that is that I’ve enjoyed a few books by Jesuits. The other stuff -
like Mary and Saints – I really don’t care. It’s not my bag, but so what.
I mean, it gets to the point you’re going to say someone like Mother
Theresa is going to hell for her beliefs and that’s where I throw the flag.

After all, only 30 to 35 percent of the world is Christian to begin with.
And you know, now that I think about it – I should read my other few
pages – there’s only 6 so far! – I think I may be re-covering ground I’ve
already gone over. This would indicate to me initially that I haven’t moved
much from where I was. And I’d have to agree – I have not – and I don’t
think that’s a bad thing.
I will share with you one interesting thing in my life – I’ve gotten past
page 600 in Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ – so I’m just over half way!
This is definitely one of the greatest stories ever told. And I’m inspired
by the conviction of some of the men in the story.
Why isn’t this required reading? Has ‘Catcher in the Rye’ fallen by the
wayside? I was in High School decades ago and even I wasn’t required
to read that. I read it about ten years ago finally.
Recently I read ‘1984′ and why isn’t THAT required reading?!
The movie made in the 1950’s is great. Only, as usual, the book is
better than the movie. With the book you’re inside the man’s head.
In a movie – you can only look at the outside.
The movie made in 1984 is a travesty. It’s the script. The actors
are very good, and there actually ARE some good things about it -
but this movie is evidence of the heavy cocaine use by writers and
directors. For instance – they show room 101 as – I don’t know what.
I strongly recommend reading the book first. Because the surprises
indeed DO surprise you. Just like in ‘Atlas Shrugged’ – though I started
to predict when “Who is John Galt?” was coming. But both books have
you spell bound and then wham! So if you watched either ‘1984′ movie -
I think it would ruin some otherwise very enjoyable reading.
That’s all for now. I just felt a need to vent. I feel better. I’ll take
two aspirin and call you in the morning. Just send me the bill.
Thanks. . . . . . .
Oh, and like I said, I probably already covered this – but this fellow’s
comments about “fallen man” were in response to my statement that
“people find what they’re looking for.”
Usually true.
Unless you’re U2.

(I bet I hit on that too, didn’t I?!?!)