Your Lifebeat section today warns parents: " Childhood
burns can kill years later ". I guess it is just human
nature to worship the gods that will kill you. How benign
sunlight can feel on the human body. Unlike cigarette smoke,
a little of it , IS good for you.
I have noticed that little league ball players
spend hours on a scorching afternoon exposed to the intense
radiation of a merciless sun . No evidence of sun screen
lotion on their arms or faces ! I guess their coaches
are well-rounded idiots .
On a blazing hot summer day, it makes me sick
to see grown ups emerge from those horrid tanning salons :
30 Days for $30 !
Isn't that hole in the ozone layer perilous enough ?
Why do adults pay good money for a prune face and a
" Look Ma I've got hepatitis " complexion ?
Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Again on bad manners
I ordered breakfast today at a small restaurant on the campus
of the University of Rhode Island. The restaurant employs mostly
students -judging from their topics of conversations and their
bad manners .
Just as I was handed my breakfast, I heard the 20 something
counter girl say loud enough for every customer to hear : " In
just two months, I'll never have to serve food to anybody again ! "
Well EXCUSE ME -a paying customer - for making your present
life so unpleasant !
Her rudeness was followed by inane babble about getting
married someday in a rose garden in Scotland, the unattractiveness
of a male customer who had his hair too long or too short, a
young post man -lacking ambition - who was too fond of older women...
etc.
The girl will be attending Emerson College in Boston. A
future obnoxious thespian, perhaps ? Or the dear wife of some
infatuated fool ?
Am I still idealistic in believing that people ultimately
get what they deserve in life ?
What does Miss Manners think ?
of the University of Rhode Island. The restaurant employs mostly
students -judging from their topics of conversations and their
bad manners .
Just as I was handed my breakfast, I heard the 20 something
counter girl say loud enough for every customer to hear : " In
just two months, I'll never have to serve food to anybody again ! "
Well EXCUSE ME -a paying customer - for making your present
life so unpleasant !
Her rudeness was followed by inane babble about getting
married someday in a rose garden in Scotland, the unattractiveness
of a male customer who had his hair too long or too short, a
young post man -lacking ambition - who was too fond of older women...
etc.
The girl will be attending Emerson College in Boston. A
future obnoxious thespian, perhaps ? Or the dear wife of some
infatuated fool ?
Am I still idealistic in believing that people ultimately
get what they deserve in life ?
What does Miss Manners think ?
Lovecraft correction
Yes, " Swan Point Cemetery is home to anyone who was
anyone in the Ocean State . " But your excellent article on
this " sylvan refuge for repose and recreation " ( June 15. Metro )
incorrectly identifies our world famous author H.P. Lovecraft as
a " science fiction " writer. In fact - I'll quote the Encyclopedia
American here - he was an " American writer of horror -fantasy
fiction ". And indeed hailed by critics as the " inventor of
modern horror. "
Writes one Robert Jon Wheeler : " Science fiction is
separated from fantasy by the believability of the ideas presented. "
As a philosophical materialist, H.P. Lovecraft could not possibly
have believed his own very weird tales.
For an insight into his strange personality, I recommend
S.T. Joshi's recent biography ( reviewed in the Projo ).
anyone in the Ocean State . " But your excellent article on
this " sylvan refuge for repose and recreation " ( June 15. Metro )
incorrectly identifies our world famous author H.P. Lovecraft as
a " science fiction " writer. In fact - I'll quote the Encyclopedia
American here - he was an " American writer of horror -fantasy
fiction ". And indeed hailed by critics as the " inventor of
modern horror. "
Writes one Robert Jon Wheeler : " Science fiction is
separated from fantasy by the believability of the ideas presented. "
As a philosophical materialist, H.P. Lovecraft could not possibly
have believed his own very weird tales.
For an insight into his strange personality, I recommend
S.T. Joshi's recent biography ( reviewed in the Projo ).
Saturday, June 17, 2000
73 year old on BAD MANNERS
There is a little bit of Old China in me, I guess . So I
listen when an old man speaks :
" Unfortunately rudeness is becoming an increasing propensity
in the United States. I know full well that I am 73+ but in my
mind the people under 30 years of age in this wonderful country
are the rudest, most impolite, arrogant, inconsiderate Americans I
have ever known ! Not only are they rude in almost everything
they do; they do not give a damm ! "
What went wrong ? With the world becoming more and
more crowded, are not MANNERS even more important than
laws in making everyday life bearable ?
The 73 old gentleman reported that he called a
store customer to tell her that he had found $250 of
her money on the floor. She did not even say THANK YOU !
I would have thanked him AND kissed his ass !
listen when an old man speaks :
" Unfortunately rudeness is becoming an increasing propensity
in the United States. I know full well that I am 73+ but in my
mind the people under 30 years of age in this wonderful country
are the rudest, most impolite, arrogant, inconsiderate Americans I
have ever known ! Not only are they rude in almost everything
they do; they do not give a damm ! "
What went wrong ? With the world becoming more and
more crowded, are not MANNERS even more important than
laws in making everyday life bearable ?
The 73 old gentleman reported that he called a
store customer to tell her that he had found $250 of
her money on the floor. She did not even say THANK YOU !
I would have thanked him AND kissed his ass !
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