Tuesday, May 22, 2012  The Importance of Lies  (*tap tap tap*
Hello?  Is this thing on?  Oh, good.  Alright, Hellooooo
blogosphere!  I'm back, for now, sporadically.  You know how I
am.) Susan: With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?  Susan: So we can
believe the big ones?  Susan: They're not the same at all. 
--"Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett I use the above quotation a
lot.  One might even accuse me of abusing it (*ahem*), but it's
so bloody profound that I think it would actually be hard to
overuse.  However, I think it is very easy to underestimate the
power, the point, or the import, of what is packed into this set
of lines.  And what's so neat about these lines is that the
meaning and depth of them keep unfolding for me.  I think I've
got my brain wrapped around the message, and then WHAMMO! whole
new perspective opens up before my eyes.  Awesome.  I've spent a
lot of time this morning thinking about cases for action--that
is, reasons for why action is better than inaction, or
worthwhile at all, or not a waste o