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November 24, 2008

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Michael Maranda

Someone had to burst the bubble, if only it were done sooner. Sometimes the sharpest barbs are not the most effective.

Phil Cubeta

Yes, it reminds me of an Oxford Philosophy Tutorial in which an experienced professor takes apart an undergraduate's glib position and shows how it might be put back together. Jeff is half laughing, which takes some of the sting out of his devasting critique. There is some benefit to be gotten by deep immersion in the liberal arts.

Jeff Trexler

"And if I laugh at any mortal thing
'Tis that I may not weep."

--Byron

Well, actually I learned that from an old DC comic in which Alfred explained to Bruce Wayne what Elongated Man meant by his cryptic reference to Canto IV of Don Juan, but the sentiment still holds.

Phil Cubeta

"What Fools the mortals be," as, I think it was Puck, said in A Midsummer's Night Dream. Business is as fertile a source of metaphors as agriculture.

@harrylyme

The Bubble of Vanity in derivative forms: physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, and of which, I am the thorn :)

Phil Cubeta

Harry, might you be the finest flower?

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