http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/07/21/lifetime-reading-plan/ amusements for gentlemen and scholars Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:40:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/07/21/lifetime-reading-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 gray Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:02:06 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/?p=1349#comment-1988 that's some paternalistic s&*%... are you having a kid?<br>maybe it's just a function of your age. <br>you want something to fundamentally change how you see the world?<br>raise a kid. <br>it's a crazy hall of mirrors.<br>it's like what some people say about their first crazy firefight in war,<br>except on a totally different timescale. <br>in slow motion. over years.<br>and you can't go back.<br>you are who you are, but you are many other things as well <br>and certain experiences test and hilite who you are.<br>they also show you have choices...<br>if you can just pull yourself together. that's some paternalistic s&*%… are you having a kid?
maybe it's just a function of your age.
you want something to fundamentally change how you see the world?
raise a kid.
it's a crazy hall of mirrors.
it's like what some people say about their first crazy firefight in war,
except on a totally different timescale.
in slow motion. over years.
and you can't go back.
you are who you are, but you are many other things as well
and certain experiences test and hilite who you are.
they also show you have choices…
if you can just pull yourself together.

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