Re: The Olition of Play (Was: Re: the Abolition of Work)

Douglas James Trainor (dryfoo@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri, 23 Sep 88 13:34:53 EDT

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 88 09:15:51 PDT
From: trainor@CS.UCLA.EDU (Douglas James Trainor)
To: dryfoo@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Reply-To: trainor@CS.UCLA.EDU
Subject: Re: The Olition of Play (Was: Re: the Abolition of Work)
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} I'm trying to get my [new] girlfriend into Discordian Momehood, so that
} we can try some of the forbidden stuff....

Heck, I'm still trying to get a new girlfriend. Anyway, try some of
that Cup and Sword Magick, the J & H communion stuff that RAW describes.
Maybe that Dashwood/Tarantella-as-Rhoda scene will get her going.

} BTW, she's also on book II of Schrodinger's Cat; a coincidence???

Coincidence? `Coincidence' means two things that happen at (roughly)
the same time (as observed from a particular frame of reference). It's
an observation, not an explanation. Calling an odd juxtiposition of
event a coincidence is like explaining that something is blue `because
it gives off a blue color'. (Trick Top Hat is, in fact, all about
coincidence and interconnectedness as one of the three common metaphors
for understanding Quantum Theory. Stranger and stranger.)

I hope she likes the book. You could read the fun parts to each other.

} P.S. For those of you within spitting distance of Southern California,
} Al Hofboy and friends will be speaking on Oct 2nd at the Scottish
} Rite Temple on LSD and et cetera. Send a message if you want
} more info <TRAINOR@CS.UCLA.EDU>.

The Scottish Rite Temple in L.A.? The one at 4357 Wilshire Blvd? That
is some large and gorgeous building! Exactly what I would expect as
something built in California for Freemasons. It isn't as wild as
Rosicrucian Park, but it's worth seeing. I attended 1) a Masonic
communication, in one of the *many* lodge rooms, and 2) my little
brother's swearing in as a member of the California bar, in the main
auditorium. Even if you're more interested in architecture than LSD,
you ought to see this monument to tasteless beauty.

-- dr foo