Hello All, I came into the studio today and found the usual weekend's worth of sundial list postings, as usual, but I was really surprised to see what most of them were about. I, however, was not taken in by the fake Fernando posting (something I learned from my recent encounter with Dr. Furst) and quickly surmised that this "ruby" person was back. The writing style gave him/her away, and I could not imagine Fernando ever doing something like that.
I have been considering this subject all day, while doing mind-numbing production work on a fairly boring little project, and I wasn't even going to address this subject - except for one nagging little question. This person must still be able to see the list postings, even after being removed. How else would he/she be up to date on our EOT discussions? Perhaps he/she is accessing somebody's legitimate e-mail account? Then I wondered why this person would even bother spending the time it must take to do this, and that lead to the pondering of some larger philosophical questions pertaining to the situation in the world today. I have come to these two conclusions: A: As long as man wants what he cannot have there will be no real and lasting peace. Yugoslavia/Kosovo and the current mess serves as a case in point...and ruby is obviously a pseudo-intellectual that wants the same respect that we have all invested generous time and hard work to earn. His/her logic, as well as content, doesn't wash. B: This ruby person does not have enough projects. He has too much idle time, or else he would be up to better things than ferreting out sneaky little ways to toss hand grenades into our peaceful and noble forum. People who do not have enough projects usually go astray sooner or later. Crime, infidelity, suicide, and drug abuse are all examples of this effect, in many (but not all) instances. This ruby person, as well as others in the world today, tend to react destructively to shortcomings regarding the two conclusions I stated above. Childish behavior to be sure, but very real all the same. I suggest that ruby go away and grow up a bit, and get some good projects...otherwise he will come to regret wasting his life in pursuit of such frivolous ends. Similiar to the budding young artist wasting his time putting fantastic graffiti on subway trains. I am not impressed with what I have seen so far. But there is good to be found in this, and that is the fact that this latest incident has only caused a small ripple in our utopian pool, as opposed to the big splash that was caused the last time. Like a fly buzzing around our collective, virtual heads. I wonder if that is really how "professor ruby" wants to be remembered? Hang in there Fernando, I always like to hear what you are up to. Jim Tallman, FX Studios
