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Post #115,864 by FuManChu 8/29/03 2:52:56 PM Reply	rofl Figured it was transitory. :) You should see my PFY on caffeine--he's got Pectus Excavatum, and an unpredictable heart, therefore. One cup of coffee and we've got to pad the walls. :) "There's a set of rules that anything that was in the world when you were born is normal and natural. Anything invented between when you were 15 and 35 is new and revolutionary and exciting, and you'll probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things." Douglas Adams
Post #115,866 by deSitter 8/29/03 3:17:58 PM Reply	apropos your advice [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/29/opinion/29FRI4.html\|http://www.nytimes.c...inion/29FRI4.html] This more or less sums it up. I've always been horrified in a deep, metaphysical way at having to choose when no choice is good, and the best choice is not to choose. The fate of the WTC jumpers branded itself in my soul, a permanent wound. I never understood that my deep reaction to this Melville story was an expression of the same horror. Without optimism, life is utterly meaningless. -drl
Post #115,867 by Nightowl 8/29/03 3:20:37 PM Reply	Re: apropos your advice Can you give me a link or word to search on for the story? I can't access the NYT, sorry. Thanks. And I relate to what you said about the WTC jumpers also. Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
Post #115,868 by deSitter 8/29/03 3:23:43 PM Reply	iwethey/iwethey authorizes "Bartleby the Scrivener" -drl
Post #115,869 by Nightowl 8/29/03 3:34:14 PM Reply	Re: iwethey/iwethey authorizes I read the story, but I still don't quite understand the reference to the New York Times, but that's ok. :) Thanks. Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
Post #115,870 by Silverlock 8/29/03 3:50:06 PM Reply	login/password iwethey/iwethey ----------------------------------------- Big Bang Theory explained: In the beginning there was nothing. Then it exploded.
Post #115,872 by Nightowl 8/29/03 3:58:00 PM Reply	Re: login/password AWESOME! Thanks! (Sorry I didn't get it the first time) (Reading article now!) Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
Post #115,874 by Nightowl 8/29/03 4:08:32 PM Reply	Re: apropos your advice [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/29/opinion/29FRI4.html\|http://www.nytimes.c...inion/29FRI4.html] This more or less sums it up. I've always been horrified in a deep, metaphysical way at having to choose when no choice is good, and the best choice is not to choose. The fate of the WTC jumpers branded itself in my soul, a permanent wound. I never understood that my deep reaction to this Melville story was an expression of the same horror. Yay! I got to read it! (Thanks for explaining, Silverlock!) :) Anyway, good article, and I can see why it would get you down, really. I find it ironic that it parallels with my current situation as well, because refusing to do something was what got me fired from the University in the first place. However, it was one of those bad choice, bad choice situations. I either did something that I knew knowingly violated the policy manual, or... I refused. I chose the latter. Without optimism, life is utterly meaningless. I agree, but here's the optimism, Ross. If I had it to do all over again, I would still refuse, even knowing what would follow. Why, you might ask? Well because I can live with myself for refusing, and I could never have lived with myself had I done the request. So the optimism, I would hope would lie in how the choice makes you feel. If you feel good about the choice, despite no good options being presented, then I'd say you made the right one. I know I did. :) Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl

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