Thanks Ebbie......I'm a bit of a dolt. Fearful? Certainly. Uncomfortable with the subject matter? Nah, just that I see humor in everything. Sitting at lunch one day with a group of other teachers and administrators, one of them turned to me and said, "You are the most irreverent person I have ever met." I said "Thanks."

Its no secret here that I am truly agnostic. I find both sides lacking in factual matter and both require an element of faith which I am unwilling to supply. But I've been asked a lot, "Don't you want to know? Doesn't it bother you?" To that, I think Gordon Liddy had the best answer, but he wasn't speaking of religion or the supernatural. When asked what the trick was in being able to hold his hand over a candle til the flesh burned, he replied, "The trick....is not minding." And that is exactly how I feel.

I believe in the power of good thoughts no matter from where they come. I believe in the power of music, art, and literature to transport us to places we have never been before and may never go to again. I believe their is a "chaotic organization" to the universe and to time that will always be beyond our limited capacities to understand. And I believe in the power of humor to keep me from ever caring that so much will always be unknown.

Spaw