Steve,
I had not read that poem in a long time. Thanks for bringing it to the list. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Galehouse" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:52:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ENTS] A little story Bob- Game shows are the best example of our cultural wasteland, other than the distorted AM broadcasts of cretins Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Any relection of aging reminds me of this DT(Dylan Thomas, not Delerium tremens) poem, since we've been on a poetic trend lately: "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" Trees help us live longer. Steve On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Gary A Beluzo < [email protected] > wrote: I really hope so Darian and Barry. I like "Cluster Fox"...very appropriate. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Darian < [email protected] > wrote: Barry, you're kidding, right? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Barry Caselli < [email protected] > wrote: You say "Fox Network". Are you referring to the local Fox affiliate, or The Fox News Channel? The Fox News Channel is one of my all-time favorite channels. --- On Mon, 12/21/09, Lee Frelich < [email protected] > wrote: From: Lee Frelich < [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENTS] A little story To: [email protected] Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 5:55 PM Bob: Similar thing happened to me at the Buick dealer in Minneapolis two weeks ago, except the TV was set on Fox network. I had no idea that TV was such irrational nonsense. If I though it would do any good, I would write in and tell the FCC that Fox should not be relicensed to broadcast when their current license expires. Lee [email protected] wrote: > ENTS, > > Back when I was younger, before my hair turned gray and starting > falling out, I imagined how I might recognize the onset of decline > into old age with its attendant feelings of powerlessness and the > eventual oblivion? > > This morning I think I discovered the metric needed, while waiting for > my car to be serviced at the local Buick dealer. It was a little too > raw to go outside and wander around looking at trees, so I stuck it > out in the waiting room, which meant I was exposed to the T.V. set. > Game shows. Horror of horrors. Two little old ladies had copped the > set were glued to the wins and losses. They discouraged any thoughts > of channel changing with piercing looks. I audibly mumbled my > displeasure, but wasn't about to chance getting swatted by an old > lady's purse. I sullenly set through the hoopla. > > Game shows. What better measure of mental decline than a tally of the > number of hours spent watching giddy contestants alternately scream > and bawl and confirm our addiction to materialism. 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