Kurt Vonnegut wanted to have on his tombstone "From somewhere to somewhere: He tried"
-----Original Message----- From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:57 PM To: Keith Hudson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Biography ~ asides Every person has a biography (born -> did -> died). Although, to quote Michelet: the little people end up even more dead than the rest because their names are not preserved in history. But, among those who are higher than the low and lower than the high.... Some have resumes (e.g., computer programmers), while others have curriculum vitae (e.g., college teachers). All perish; few publish. (I once read/heard that 90% of people who get anything published never get a second publication.) Carpe diem (i.e., complain about how your time is stolen by your job or lack of same). I've been rereading a little essay by Hans Blumenberg: Shipwreck with spectator: Paradigm of a metaphor for existence (MIT, 1996) Perhaps the most lasting image from this essay is the idea that the sea effaces the wakes of all ships, big and small, afloat or sunk. Therefore, to speak of a "path" through life is at best questionable. \brad mccormick -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
