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.
October 06, 2006 - 11:51 a.m.
I am really really sleepy. Maybe I'll take a nap and skip lunch after I finish updating.
I was really bad yesterday. I waited too long to get up to the bank to get the insurance papers notarized. The bank was closed when I got there. I'll have to get it done today; the bank is open till seven on Fridays.
I went to the Met game last night; game two of the National League Divisional Series. So many people counted the Mets out when Pedro and El Duque got hurt. Guess what, the Mets won last night and are up 2-0 in the series. Don't bet against them winning on Saturday and sweeping the series. Tom Glavine their one healthy quality starter pitched six shutout innings and the Mets beat the Dodgers 4-1. The Mets did it with little ball, three of the Mets four runs were scored on outs.
I was feeling awful all game, I was in a lot of pain. It was a struggle each time the crowd stood up when there were two strikes on a batter. I really wanted to just stay in my seat. To help the pain I went so far as to break one of my taboos, I used a Shea Stadium bathroom. I did feel a bit better after I did.
Alan was so, well Alan. There was a Ranger game last night and he went to that too. He go to the Met game in the fourth inning. My attitude is that Met post-season games are a rare event and I don't want to miss a minute of them. I was in pain but I still had a great time.
Larry and I took the LIRR home. We were smart and moved to the last car that platformed at the station. There was another car open behind that and we walked to it. People were crammed like sardines up front and we got nice comfortable seats. Alan was one of those people crammed up front. He left the game early because he was afraid that the train would get too crowded and he wouldn't be able to get on it if he waited till the end.
I was going to go out tonight to see Pinataland but they go on at 10 and I need the rest. I'll stay home and do laundry tonight.
I still can't find my walkman; I might have to buy a new one. I don't want to spend that money but it is pretty much a necessity for me. It makes my commute so much more pleasant.
My class gave me trouble today. Many people were late and they kept talking after I asked them to stop. I had to really get tough with them. I hate doing that.
Someone asked me for a review sheet before the test so I gave them the lecture on how important it is for them to learn to do things like that for themselves. They have so clearly never been pushed before.
On the homework they had to graph P = 1/V + 1. In class I graphed y=1/x so it was something they saw before. It totally perplexed many of them. Why? They just can't handle fractions. One student asked "On the test they'll just be normal numbers?" I told her that fractions were normal numbers. I found out that she didn't know how to figure out where 4/3 was on the number line. This isn't her fault, this is the fault of her schools.
There are things bothering me that I can't talk about. That is bothering me too. At least I can talk about that.
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