QW-Mar29th, 2006

rich and tasty double Americano thanks to the fine Broadway Roastery staff

An intimate affair over at the Bway Roastery this week. James came by for a bit. We discussed muscial education for one and all. It was the decided opinion of the table that we would all have been better off learning basic musical theory rather than biological taxonomies (much as I personally enjoyed that unit). I guess there is a lot of disputing over educational priorities.

After James left, Vin and I had some good discussion about literature and about the value of having children and opening up to let them teach you. Probably not so important if you were one of those persons who paid attention in your formative years. But I find that there is a lot I have learned about being a kid since having them.

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rainswept said…
The single Americano is no slouch either - you just need two of them!

We also talked about TEXT, namely the tyranny of the written word; its compulsive mesmeric power. There seems something supernatural - or perhaps superhuman about text. People have a superstitious fear of print - they are almost in awe of it.

Priests once had a monopoly on text - but not because they were jealously forging hermetic secrets. Rather, the man in the (unpaved) street thrust it away fearfully, sensing its power - much as they have feared the power of menstrual blood.

"Get those words away from me!" cries man.

"There's no telling what they might do."
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