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Life Arts    H4'ed 12/30/11

Isn't Life a Cabaret?

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If the prospect of writing the great American novel, if only the artist can find a remote and inaccessible work area, appeals to this column's readers, then perhaps they might want more information about becoming a volunteer lighthouse keeper.

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In the materialistic realm of a country that is the world capital for capitalism, the constant addiction to getting more money may seem vital to happiness.   If money does buy happiness, then greed seems reasonable and logical, but if it does not . . . .

 

Once upon a time, there was a young boy who wanted to travel to distant lands, meet fascinating people, and see the marvelous splendors that the world beyond what the Dunder Mifflin hometown's borders offered.

 

He had been told that all things are possible through prayer, so when he informed an Auntie Mame type figure that he would pray to win a large sum of money (to subsidize his dream quest), it was pointed out to him that many others would also be praying to the lotto god for a winning ticket in the Irish Sweepstakes   (lotteries inside the USA lay in the future at that point in history) and since there might be more people praying than there would be winning tickets, the boy might have to wait a long, long time for his prayers to be answered.

 

In Hollywood parlance, he cut to the chase and said prayers asking for a swashbuckling life that would make Earl Flynn jealous.

 

It's been more than thirty years since we have seen Francis Ford Copula collect his Oscar - and so the World's Laziest Journalist is thinking maybe it's time to apply for a press pass to see if the annual ceremony has changed noticeably in the intervening years.

 

If we are going to self-subsidize a fact finding trip to Hemingway Days in Key West, perhaps we should go all out and apply for a journalist's visa from the State Department for permission to travel to Cuba and see Finca Vega and the Floridadita bar?

 

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BP graduated from college in the mid sixties (at the bottom of the class?) He told his draft board that Vietnam could be won without his participation. He is still appologizing for that mistake. He received his fist photo lesson from a future (more...)
 

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