OK, I want you guys to declare me "great". I had ten thousand hours many times over of totally committed eccentric study as a kid. I was prompted by wise parents of a privileged class. I have an established "royal lineage". I had a terrific childhood memory, having memorized all the Birds of America and many Robert Service poems and the Latin Mass. I was good with card tricks. I read the whole Book of Knowledge. I could draw anything by the 5th grade, especially naked ladies. I hated athletics. I quit school at 16, a flunkout, drank too much, hung out with delinquent gang members, got in trouble with police, fought in the street, but later had a first rate college education. I had a widely varying IQ, depending on my interest whenever the tests were done: moron one day, genius the next. I had diverse "talents" for whatever interested me, and even failed the "art aptitude test" and scored very high in math aptitude but really couldn't do algebra...just intuited answers. I became a advertising manager. I became an artist. I raised a family and paid my bills. Now what's missing? Why am I still just a wannabe great? If you say I'm great, then that'll do it, OK? Or do I have to claim Divine Right? WC
--- On Mon, 12/29/08, William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: > From: William Conger <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 7:42 PM > All stories are based on memory. All memories are fiction. > WC > > --- On Mon, 12/29/08, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 6:38 PM > > In a message dated 12/29/08 7:19:34 PM, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > > Farley Mowat's twisting facts to create a > good > > story will be > > > out-lawed when I become king. > > > > > I hope you mean to create a good alleged non-fiction > story. > > Otherwise the > > likes of Shakespeare is in damn bad trouble with you. > > > > > > > > ************** > > One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL > Mail, > > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& > > icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)
