[MD] A hamster's life

[MarshaV]

Hi Platt,

During the Primary someone suggested that I download onto my 
iPhone a game called 'My Town'.  The Primary was not busy, so I 
did.  In three days, I found myself, several times during the day, 
going to my iPhone to log into the game to collect monopoly style 
money and points trying to get to the next level.  On day four I had 
a good laugh at myself and deleted the app from both my iTunes 
library and my iPhone.  It was a good lesson.   


Marsha   




On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:43 AM, plattholden at gmail.com wrote:

> All:
> 
> Great line from an op-ed in Telegraph UK commenting on vacation time:
> 
> "It's as if there's a cruel equation built into the innocent seeming fortnight 
> abroad. It removes you from the hamster's wheel of working life just long 
> enough for you to realize . . . well, that you are basically a hamster."
> 
> Compare to Pirsig:
> 
> "Vacations too . . . how perfectly named that is . . . a vacation, an emptying 
> out . . . that's what dhyana is, an emptying out of all the static clutter and 
> junk of one's life and just settling into an undefined sort of tranquillity." 
> (Lila, 30)
> 
> Guess it all depends on one's philosophy. SOM tends to breed pessimism while 
> the MOQ offers optimism.
> 
> Platt   
> 



 
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