Jim Muth wrote:
While waiting in line with FL at the local market this morning, a headline on one of the tabloids in a nearby rack caught my eye. It said something about Brad and Angelina. I wondered who the quarreling couple are and why so many otherwise sensible people are so concerned about what other people are doing behind their closed doors.
If Brad and Angelina were really interested in doing whatever they do behind their closed doors, they wouldn't get any attention. Actors crave attention above all things - that's why they become actors. So they're getting what they really want - attention! To hodgepodge together some misquotations of pseudo-philosophical taglines, "If they gave a play, and no one came, would the actors exist?" Fortunately, fractals don't need attention to exist. They predated our presence on this earth and will still happily exist long after we've all evolved into post-human existence. Assuming you ascribe any substance to such thoughts. And now a David-orginal bad joke just for the fractint list! A bodybuilder, a football player and a straight male model-turned-actor walk into a college party. The bodybuilder is the new international champion. The football player is captain of the conference-championship-winning school team. The male model is similarly a high achiever; the movie with his first starring role already broke the all-time #1 box office ranking - and it hasn't even opened yet! Over in one corner of the room, dozens of beautiful women are gathered, some standing on tiptoes and craning their necks to look over others. Some of them glance at the new arrivals, briefly showing confused expressions before turning back and trying to press in closer. The three men look at each other and say, "What?" After a moment, they all walk over to the group of women and make their way through the group, curious to see what has all these women so fascinated. When they get to the center, they see a fat, balding very-geeky-looking middle-aged man staring raptly into a computer display. "Hey, man, what you got there?" the football captain says. The man turns to him and says, "I think I've discovered a new strange attractor." Fortunately for the comedy industry, I won't be here until Thursday ... -- David gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community