FAQs

We all have Frequently Asked Questions of ourselves, things that people always seem to want to know. Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school? Are you married? All of these are FAQ’s. Some mundane, but inquiring minds want to know! So here are a few FAQ’s on me. Take them in the spirit in which they’re given.

TMI is Too Much Information. It’s become the scourge of our lives, IMHO, which means In My Humble Opinion. Blogs, even such as this, can easily be TMI. Knowing how much we know about each other, and every minute piece of detail on every celebrity, politician or neighbor is all just… TM. Too Much. When do we reach the point of overwhelmed? And what do you do when you reach that point? Cut yourself off? Run? Hide? Escape?

I was thinking the other day: What hasn’t changed all that much? You know, what are the things that seem unchanged by time, or circumstances, or politics, or stupidity? Here’s a few of the things I could come up with:

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked.