tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9752993.post115511797245830217..comments2023-08-20T12:12:32.954+00:00Comments on Ten Thousand Days: You Are What You EatCJ Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980661005380997141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9752993.post-1155543807210581162006-08-14T08:23:00.000+00:002006-08-14T08:23:00.000+00:00Sorry "think".Sorry "think".CJ Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980661005380997141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9752993.post-1155543758445741662006-08-14T08:22:00.000+00:002006-08-14T08:22:00.000+00:00Hi Miss Bekah, good to hear from you again. Yes, I...Hi Miss Bekah, good to hear from you again. Yes, I've missed your contributions, and I agree with you re the need to communicate beyond the superficial. It's what our world is sadly lacking in right now: any kind of decent communication. Hopefully accidental links like this go some way towards redressing the balance, I don't know. What do you thin?CJ Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980661005380997141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9752993.post-1155145408229122982006-08-09T17:43:00.000+00:002006-08-09T17:43:00.000+00:00hi chris, on the subject of thinking, got this a w...hi chris, <BR/><BR/>on the subject of thinking, got this a while back from one of my favourite copy editor blogs . <BR/><BR/>don't think too hard about it though! --- go down the pub <BR/>(usual appologies apply if you've seen it before) <BR/><BR/>(ps had an identity for your site but can'T remember my password, says it all really) <BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>Dave W<BR/><BR/>It started out innocently enough. <BR/><BR/>I began to think at parties now and then -- to loosen up. <BR/><BR/>Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. <BR/><BR/>I began to think alone -- "to relax," I told myself-- but I knew it wasn't true. <BR/><BR/>Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time. <BR/><BR/>That was when things began to sour at home. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. <BR/><BR/>She spent that night at her mother's. <BR/><BR/>I began to think on the job. <BR/><BR/>I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself. <BR/><BR/>I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. <BR/><BR/>I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing here?" <BR/><BR/>One day the! boss called me in. He said, "Listen, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job." <BR/><BR/>This gave me a lot to think about. I came home early after my conversation with the boss. <BR/><BR/>"Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking..." <BR/><BR/>"I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!" <BR/><BR/>"But Honey, surely it's not that serious." <BR/><BR/>"It is serious," she said, lower lip aquiver. "You think as much as college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if you keep on thinking, we won't have any money!" <BR/><BR/>"That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently. <BR/><BR/>She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to deal with the emotional drama. <BR/><BR/>"I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche. I roared into the parking lot with NPR on the radio and ran up to the big glass doors... <BR/><BR/>They didn't open. The library was closed. <BR/><BR/>To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. <BR/><BR/>Leaning on the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. <BR/><BR/>"Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. <BR/><BR/>Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker. <BR/><BR/>I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was "Porky's." <BR/><BR/>Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting. <BR/><BR/>I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. <BR/><BR/>Life just seemed...easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. I believe the road to recovery is nearly complete for me. <BR/><BR/>Today, I registered to vote as a Republican.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com