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April 15, 2005
Welcome Violet! nocallowlily: i had the most HILARIOUS dream about violet!!? last night rnachmann04: no way! nocallowlily: violet came to a party with joyce nocallowlily: and joyce was up and around and dancing nocallowlily: and violet, having just been born, that morning nocallowlily: was like talking in complete sentences nocallowlily: and asking me to show her how to use the remote control nocallowlily: and then speeding away to get involved in all kinds of hijinks nocallowlily: she was like a baby/20-year-old rnachmann04: oh my god, that is fantastic! nocallowlily: so bizarre nocallowlily: and in the dream of course it was kind of like oh well yes nocallowlily: she's got the gift of gab like her mother nocallowlily: and something about her face resembled phil's don't recall what nocallowlily: but it was like not too amazing she was behaving this way nocallowlily: as a one-day old nocallowlily: ha! nocallowlily: i mean i was a little surprised but not too
Posted by Melissa Price at 10:42 AM April 13, 2005 goodbye And so our heroine Away from churlish caterers, Away from their boom-bastery, Away from the tremendous din And so to town, To a watering hole Courtesy of the wonderful Erika, From Absinthe to Reichl we will Now there is nothing left for me to say April 12, 2005 There are no exact directions. There are probably no directions at all. The only things that I am able to recommend at this moment are a sense of humor; an ability to see the ridiculous and the absurd dimension of things; an ability to laugh about others as well as about ourselves; a sense of irony and of everything that invites parody in the world. In other words, rising above things or looking at them from a distance; sensibility to the hidden presence of all the more dangerous types of conceit in others as well as in ourselves; good cheer; an unostentatious certainty of the meaning of things; gratitude for the gift of life and courage to assume responsiblity for it; and a vigilant mind. -- Vaclav Havel
There are probably no guidelines at all. The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance. Awareness of all the most dangerous kinds of vanity, both in others and in ourselves. A good mind. A modest certainty about the meaning of things. Gratitude for the gift of life and the courage to take responsibility for it. Vigilance of spirit. -- Vaclav Havel 
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