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.
2002-02-07 - 7:07 p.m.
This is a first; I'm updating my diary in my office. I have about 15 minutes before I have to leave for the Knick game, let's see how this turns out.
I had to get tough in class today. Someone's cell phone went off and I reminded them that the rule is that all phones must be turned off when they come into the building. Phones kept on going off after that and one person started dialing his. I put my foot down and told them to turn all their phones off right now. A few minutes later a phone went off. The class thought this was very funny. I asked who's it was. No one confessed. I then went on strike. I told them I wouldn't teach till someone admitted it was their phone. This went on for some time. I just sat there and occasionally interjected that they would all fail since I would still give tests even though I wasn't teaching. Finally one person confessed. I am pretty sure it wasn't really him. He was at the back of the room and the phone was in the middle. I let it go though. I told them that the next time a phone rang the person would have to leave the class. I mean it too. If their calls are more important than the class let them miss the class and take the calls and not bother the rest of the class. I went back to being nice after that but the class never really recovered. I can see they were shaken. I hate doing things like that but it is necessary. Kids too easily confuse my being nice with my being a pushover. I run a loose class but I expect them to obey the few rules I do have.
After class I went halvah shopping. I then bought a special surprise item to bring this weekend. Careyand Shelly will love it. I'm not telling what it is though.
Since last night I've been reading more of the Fruwall archives. I was getting all nostalgic but I noticed some other things too. There were people that I talked to then that have totally fallen out of my life. There was one person who I only talked to a few times and had only surface conversations with. Based on those and my posts on AMMF he decided I was someone he disliked enough to find the idea of causing me bodily harm entertaining. There was someone who I considered one of my best friends. Someone I'd email every day who just stopped responding to my emails and frumessages. I have no idea why. Then there are the people I've gotten really close to, my real friends. I know that just like my friends in the past there will be some that I will lose track of. There are others that are stuck with me for life. I've even invited people to my 100th birthday party.
I'd write more but I have to leave now. When I get back I'll write about the presumption of innocence was thinking about that on the train today.
The International Jewish Banking Conspiracy - October 07, 2008
On the Road to Westchester County - October 06, 2008
Inside the Madison Square Studio - October 05, 2008
I'm a Bosniac and I'm debating like I've never debated before - October 03, 2008
Islands in the Stream of Consciousness - October 02, 2008
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