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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

 

The Mirror: The Horror Mailman

Websafe: Hello?
The Mirror: What do you wish you could forget?
W: I already forgot it!
M: They are the Encyclopedia Americana and Britannica crew.
W: I have never met them.
M: Well, let's put it this way.
W: (Listens carefully)
M: As a category.
W: The personality type of encyclopedia writers must be highly methodical.
M: Just how moral are you?

W: Hello?
M: I think hypertext gives us an illusion of linkage.
W: So we are not really connected?
M: I don't follow you.
W: Well, you said that our linkage was only illusory.
M: How can I reveal my secrets when you are shut up as tight as a drum?
W: So you're saying you find me defensive?
M: Once Shakespeare appealed to the multitudes.
W: The multitudes had no defense against Shakespeare, but they do now.
M: Let's just speak of local phenomena.
W: OK, we'll stick to the 21st century.
M: Its marvels.
W: Its horrors.
M: Pick something else.

W: Hello?
M: I have never met them.
W: You have never met The Horrors?
M: Eating plenty of spinach.
W: Spinach will not prevent The Horrors from coming to visit you!
M: You have never met The Horrors?
W: I try to avoid them!
M: Memory may fade at the moment of death.
W: We would all like the memory of horror to fade.
M: So we are not really connected?
W: Let's pretend we have no connection to any kind of horror.
M: Probably because that would take too much time away from your obsession!
W: I am not obsessed with horror.
M: Then it immediately fades before it can happen.
W: Good, then I never have to have any nightmares, ever again.
M: Something.
W: Something at the door?
M: Guess what you gave up, sir?
W: Is that what I am supposed to say to the Horror Mailman?
M: Spinach is useful for brain function.
W: Maybe I should try eating more spinach after all!
M: You look eminently ready to proceed.
W: That's funny, I thought I looked all worn out!
M: I like to talk about Society.
W: Have you attended any great Society functions of late?
M: I think we need all the help we can get!
W: Society needs help from its lower echelons.
M: That is the truth.
W: So glad you agree!
M: I was doing some excellent thinking.
W: Was the consumption of spinach a deciding factor?
M: I've stopped.
W: You stopped eating spinach?
M: Well, write me a letter then.
W: I am not your secretary!
M: Society needs help from its lower echelons.
W: I am not a member of the lower echelons!
M: Can there be physical ideas?
W: There can be physical exercise.
M: That's funny, I thought I looked all worn out!
W: Maybe you need some fresh air.
M: "Everything under the sun," except of course there are some places where sunlight doesn't reach.
W: That's only the shadows.
M: Was the consumption of spinach a deciding factor?
W: Good food and fresh air are important.
M: Did you want to be alone?
W: Not really, but I do have to go.
M: How do you know I am not an ATM, I would like to get some money.
W: I need all my money for myself!
M: Social niceties form an impenetrable maze.
W: The maze of money-getting.
M: Leave it to God.
W: I shall.
M: You carry on the process of mentation even while unconscious.
W: Goodbye!
M: Closing in 5 seconds ... Goodbye!

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