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A bit of philosophy
I have not forgotten that story (for the record, it will be called 41° 59' , -71° 31', rising). I've started it. But it's not going to be done tonight.
I don't know if this is going to be worth posting, but I was with Teri in the car today and I put something into words in a way that I hadn't before. Teri didn't think it was a great insight, and I suppose it wasn't. Still, it intrigued me.
What I said was this: Basically, it makes sense to try new things in life. Because if you try something new and you hate it, you won't do it again; you'll have had one bad experience, and that's it. But if you like it, you can do it again and again, for the rest of your life.
So even if you don't like nine out of ten of the new things that you try, in the end you'll come out way ahead.
Of course, that doesn't mean you should try stuff that's likely to get you killed.
Actually, I was mostly thinking of food when I came up with this. And if anyone who knows me well is reading this - particularly any of my family - they're probably either staring in disbelief at the screen, wondering who the hell wrote this, or they're laughing.
I don't know if this is going to be worth posting, but I was with Teri in the car today and I put something into words in a way that I hadn't before. Teri didn't think it was a great insight, and I suppose it wasn't. Still, it intrigued me.
What I said was this: Basically, it makes sense to try new things in life. Because if you try something new and you hate it, you won't do it again; you'll have had one bad experience, and that's it. But if you like it, you can do it again and again, for the rest of your life.
So even if you don't like nine out of ten of the new things that you try, in the end you'll come out way ahead.
Of course, that doesn't mean you should try stuff that's likely to get you killed.
Actually, I was mostly thinking of food when I came up with this. And if anyone who knows me well is reading this - particularly any of my family - they're probably either staring in disbelief at the screen, wondering who the hell wrote this, or they're laughing.
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Now, I'm a person who walked into a place not knowing that it wasn't the Chinese take-out that it used to be and ordered something not knowing what it was and sill ate it. I sometimes do food experimenting when I'm flush with funds.
On the other hand, I'm not terribly adventuresome in pretty much anything else in life. Possibly in part because so much of my life was/is spent without real autonomy; pretty much any risk thing involves reducing what little control I have.
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:-)
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Well, actually, for some reason as I've gotten older I've become far less creeped out by the new and strange. All sorts of things have become easier.
But I still won't eat fish or cheese.
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