welcome to the club. I don't know if John Stanly will be here with us tonight, but he has had this little epiphany also... lol.
Dana Ps - Where is John Stanley anyway On 7/21/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It started out innocently enough. > > I began to think at parties now and then -- to loosen up. > > Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than > just a social thinker. > > I began to think alone -- "to relax," I told myself -- but I knew it > wasn't true. > > Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was > thinking all the time. > > 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. > > She spent that night at her mother's. > > I began to think on the job. > > I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop > myself. > > I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. > > I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it > exactly we are doing here?" > > 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." > > This gave me a lot to think about. > > I came home early after my conversation with the boss. > > "Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking..." > > "I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!" > > "But Honey, surely it's not that serious." > > "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!" > > "That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently. > > She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to > deal with the emotional drama. > > "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... > > They didn't open. The library was closed. > > To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that > night. > > Leaning on the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Zarathustra, a poster > caught my eye. > > "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked. > > You probably recognize that line. > > It comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. > > Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker. > > I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational > video; last week it was "Porky's." > > Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last > meeting. > > I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. > > Life just seemed...easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now thereâs a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165805 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
