Memorial Day 1999 
 
It seems I will not (will not -> won't?  one of those old english things, 
besides, willn't sounds so ugly.  then why not 'wo'?  I wo take you to the 
beach. I wo not take you to the zoo) be going to the anti-reunion at 
Parizade.  So that previous tale of a fizzy drink's mistaken identity will 
have to do for an offering. 
 
It's deader than a Sunday out there(probably because there's no church 
services today). I can actually cross Broadway without waiting for the 
light.  I had a guitar lesson at 8 am today (where are my calluses, I 
thought I was supposed to get calluses?  This is one of the few days that 
I'm glad I have a light typing touch (as well as a responsive mouse) - my 
fingers just peel.  No calluses.)  I passed a group of young kids (aka 
teenagers - or were they college kids?  I could not say) on 2nd Ave.   
Perhaps they hadn't gone to bed yet, for not even my mother the old 
dawn-cracker herself was up when I called at 7:30 this morning. 
 
Heard a funny story on npr this morning, about a Scottish bank getting in 
deep doo-doo for trying some kind of business deal with Pat Robertson. 
Seems Ole Pat knows how to offend people in foreign countries as well as 
he does here.  Clue #1 - Scotland is a place where English is generally 
understood.  Let's see, he pretty much accused Scottish Christians of 
ignoring the Bible. 
 
Now, if I recall (and I don't keep especially good track of American 
televangelists), Robertson is of one of those "literalist" crowds in 
Biblical theory.  I just think literalism is odd in Christianity, 
considering some of our most used statements from out Savior are clearly 
fictional.  Let's see, when God took human form, he spoke using figurative 
language, metaphor, parable, etc.  And now some think that when God 
inspired men to write the Bible, he didn't use the same literary 
techniques?  I thought one of the major attributes of God the Father is 
creativity (in the most basic sense of the word.)  Must God makes his 
point in simple, declaratory, non-fictive sentences everywhere?  As Jesus 
showed, sometimes the non-literal is what gets us closer to truth. 
 
I'm just saying that ignorance is not a virtue. 
 
Man, I'm tired.  It's gonna be a scorcher.