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I'm sorry for the bad memories in that regard, Inquiry. Lennon was intrinsically talented and a good force in the world, sincerely.
I was three years "to be" when Lennon was taken from us (as I was born in 1983). But growing up I heard The Beatles and Lennon's solo stuff, of course. I missed out on the actual *presence* of his time, though. The music carries through, though, indeed.
Also, I didn't know you attended a Christian college. Have you ever been, or are you now, a "man of the cloth"? A believer or former-believer in theology? I, myself, sort of see myself as a either a "former Catholic" or "non-practicing Catholic" - or both, or neither. As I attended a Catholic school 1-4 grade, but then was quite happy to attend a public school in another state in 5th grade when me and the family relocated for my Father's job at the time. I was learning both Science (traditional Science) AND Computer Science simultaneously at that school, as the former was not taught at all in the previous school, and the latter was relatively new to ALL schools (I would imagine - it was 1993, and hadn't heard of a lot of "computer courses" going on in that era outside of folks in college).
But since then, I more or less stayed away from religious trains of thought, as I "did all that" when I was young, and the subject hasn't appealed much to me in the years since.
Anyway, hope you're well.
And ~bartender, another coffee, if I may? I am having one now but two is better than one!
> Posts meander like a reply text > inside a Midnight box... ;)
Nice!
> Also, I didn't know you attended > a Christian college. Have you ever > been, or are you now, a "man of the > cloth"? A believer or former-believer > in theology? I, myself, sort of > see myself as a either a "former > Catholic" or "non-practicing > Catholic" - or both, or neither.
Raised Catholic, but never too serious about it.
The Baptist thing, though.. hit that pretty hard for a few years. Got a best friend involved too, which might have saved his life from lotsa chemicals at the time. That's how he frames it, anyway.
Never a man of the cloth, though.
> But since then, I more or less > stayed away from religious trains > of thought, as I "did all that" > when I was young, and the subject > hasn't appealed much to me in the > years since.
I'm in the habit of trying to distill commonality from various religions/paths/ways (e.g. bible, sutras, this and/or that mysticism, more modern stuff (e.g. Daniel Dennett)).
One fundamental conclusion is that words get in the way of The Way. :-)
> Anyway, hope you're well.
Same to you!
Monday I drove several hundred miles to fetch my father and bring him here, where he'll be staying for a little over a week. *Extremely* good times so far. Tons of reminiscing, filling in mysterious blanks, etc. Lots of tears, too. All good.
Yesterday and today are especially intense, as my wife went off to visit with a daughter, so it's just the old man and I. Fabulous, but he's rather ailing, so there's a certain undercurrent of sadness as The End nears. (Of course, in this Murphy's-Law-burdened world, I could easily be the one that passes first.... ;-) )