With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
I enjoy paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.
July 12, 2004 - 3:00 p.m.
Yesterday I went back for more punishment bridge. I went to the partnership desk and found someone who said she had more points than me and we needed to find teammates. There was a very nice though inexperienced pair that I would have been happy to play with. They sounded like they knew what they were doing. My partner rejected them she said she wanted someone better. I told them that if they found another single I’d be glad to play with them.
My partner found a pair to her liking and we played in the Swiss teams. As soon as we started discussing how we were going to play I realized that she had no right to reject that first pair. She was totally inexperienced and I’m sure she lied about being a life master. She didn’t understand the basics of bridge. Our teammates were steady, we played in a weak field and I played very well so by a miracle after 6 rounds we were a bit above average. We then got creamed the last two rounds against people that I know. At least I got some sympathy from them. The part that really bothered me was after she made the worst bids I have ever seen on one hand she blamed me for the resulting debacle. She lied on her first three bids and she thought that I should have realized that the fourth bid was the true one.
On the bright side we played against some nice people, especially these two young men from Nebraska. One of them spent a year in a graduate math program and we had fun talking about math and teaching.
During the break I walked down to Bryant park and read the Sunday Times. I like spending the dinner break with my friends but there is something to be said for relaxing by myself.
I got a call from Saborah this morning, she’s in town, and we are going to spend some time together this week. I’m still not sure when.
I’m not going to play as much bridge as I first hoped. The pick-up partner thing is too stressful and I have other things to do. Tomorrow I’m going to the Seaport again to see Mulebone UK and in the evening is my League’s All-Star game party.
It would be nice to see Sab Thursday afternoon then I could see the Kennedys that night and play bridge on Wednesday. If not it isn’t a big loss. This weekend I’ll be playing with Roy. That will be fun.
Aside from the bridge I’m feeling very anxious. I really wish it would go away. I need some really good hugs.
I just realized that my birthday is one week. I’m going out to lunch then with my mother, sister, and nephew.
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