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Post #5,918 by imric 8/19/01 10:40:36 PM Reply	smile I agree! The problem is the definition of 'worthwhile'. I just don't think that the measure of worthwhile should be external.... Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #5,937 by Ashton 8/20/01 1:10:12 AM Reply	We know what isn't, maybe (Ozymandias of Egypt?) Behold! ye mighty and despair! . ...and all about lay ruins.. My sense is that our culture is somewhat afraid of silence, constantly mistakes solitude for aloneness - fears silence so much that - there is elevator unmusic noise everywhere, everywhen. The magic within the horror of the JFK asassination was - the (now) memorable silences as the camera showed the Rotunda or whatever: people apologized for breaking that silence, with some new factoid. The networks Shut Up for more than three days! The talking heads desisted, became minimalists when that seemed appropriate. Maybe missing in childhood more and more? the quietness of being read to! (via the 24/7 office; the need for two parents to bring home a lesser paycheck than one did, 20 years ago - as Corps further intrude into all of the 24 hrs. as temps are sought, benefits reduced - and no National health care exists, Still. yada yada.) Makes everone twitchy. (Were I ill, I would be twitchy too: no matter how much you think you saved: Your Money or Your Life.) No one can save as fast as an AMA org can spend! Fortunately music can heal whatever.. probably the effects of sleep-deprived dreaming also. The solitude will have to be discovered later, if it was missed in the middle. Cheers, A. (It's All inside! The 'outside' simply wouldn't exist if it weren't perceived Inside) Basic Dark Star 101 :-\ufffd
Post #5,946 by Andrew Grygus 8/20/01 3:11:41 AM Reply	Well, seems to me that if what Ozymandias . . . . . thought worthwhile was to be remembered, he succeeded damned well. 3000 years or so is more than most manage - and now, preserved in literature, his memory is likely to last as long as Western civilization (three or four weeks more at least). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #5,948 by Ashton 8/20/01 4:25:20 AM Reply	Arrhh.. Arrhh... Blast yer eyes! ya scurvy scow flotsam - Grygus Unfair to Simile Writers! Strike! Dump his namby-pamby Eunuchs machines for New Professional ones.. Well of course he did - because of the happy accident of Erato, the Muse of Lyric Poetry + Keats and the ephemeral Arts. But not via his er (sorry) paradigm at all! Keats is the immortal - he a mere vehicle, a tiny bauble of failed Ambition - existing as a barnacle on that large Vessel. A mere Butt for future generations' obloquy! So There. :-\ufffd er re the 3 weeks: See Science forum. Can we make it to 60 years after Alamogordo / Trinity ? 56 years, one month, 2 days and counting... .. .
Post #5,990 by Andrew Grygus 8/20/01 12:22:10 PM Reply	I'm sure Ozymandias used poets . . . . . . for his own aggrandizement while he was alive, too. Alas, their works were too fragile to survive. In the long run, the stone masons did a better job, passing his name on to another generation of poets who's own work has been committed to acidic pulp and magnetic media. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #5,998 by Ashton 8/20/01 1:30:12 PM Reply	Cackle.. cackle.. Ozymandias as Waggener-Edstrommmm-BC, a plannin his search for Market Share\ufffd..... maybe he even wore a er tie? blue-serge armor.

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