It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Sunday, September 25, 2022

Upon Reading John Updike During Mass At St. Anthony's

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The words of John Updike:

On the beach at night,
it is never totally dark
or totally silent.
The sea soliliquizes, 
the moon broods,
its glitter pattering
in the hyphens 
on the water.
And 
something else 
is happening
:::
 

:::
Any words from 
the gospel
or the sermon
about Jesus Christ
would have been redundant
in relation to
the italic words of John
BUT
the
"something else is happening"
is code
for a Savior
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4 comments:

  1. Some people think it is blasphemous to read anything
    during church services that is unrelated to whatever
    the pastor/priest/reader is saying.

    My name is Richard and I am NOT
    one of those people:

    Where did the Updike quote come from?

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    1. Richard, the quote is from Updike in Cinncinnati
      and immediately transported me back
      to the Rocky Point shoreline of my youth
      and the most recurring image of
      The GodFather of Math trilogy.

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  2. "SEE NEXT PAGE" ... is this a diversionary tactic
    to distract the reader from noticing the change
    in the penultimate word?
    What was the Savior became a Savior
    !!!

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    1. "SEE NEXT PAGE" was not intended to distract
      the reader from the penultimate word change.

      Originally, the last two words were Our Savior
      but it sounded too Catholic ...
      then it became the Savior
      until I realized Savior can mean
      very different things to different people.

      If anything about this page offends you,
      please accept my humble apologies.

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