[ExI] I caught the covid

[spike at rainier66.com]

There are two ways to look at this.  We could modify the subject line to reflect the transition from Henry’s original message.  Or we could celebrate the meandering path whereby an originally grim message went from our collective wish for Henry’s speedy recovery, to confidence, to best wishes to all for a new year.

 

There are good reasons why I have been hanging out with you for nearly 30 years and have enjoyed my stat immensely: you give me hope for humanity.

 

spike

 

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2020 4:41 PM
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Cc: Dylan Distasio <interzone at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ExI] I caught the covid

 

Same to all, Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year!

 

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 7:38 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

 

From: spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com>  <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > 

>… everyone is calling me Saint spike (but I decide to mess up everything (which you know I would do (I am such a bastard that way …spike

 

 

 

 

I should clarify that harsh self-assessment perhaps.  It really isn’t that I am such a bastard.  I realized I am not really such a bad guy once I got to know me.  The real situation is just that I am such an extreme iconoclast.  So an extreme example of iconoclast am I that the tradition definition of the term had to be discarded or modified to cover my case.  This forcing of a redefinition of the traditional term caused me to be even more iconoclastic, which again upset the new definition, for it had to now cover one so iconoclasmic as to wreck the usual notion of iconoclasm.

 

But other than that… I am as traditional as Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof.  For instance, I am not afraid to wish my online friends a Merry Christmas, even if neither of us are religious.  There is no rule that says we can’t have fun at the winter solstice too.  May you all have a health, happy and prosperous 2021.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

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