Thursday, April 27, 2006

Mystery

Jesus, listening to NPR yesterday depressed me. An older man, a psychologist in Philadelphia who does a radio call-in show, has been a quadriplegiac for some twenty years. He was on to talk about a book he's written, comprised of letters written to his autistic grandson. The impetus for these letters is, when you get down to it, death. Death death death. Because he's a quadriplegiac and they're just dying off all the time. Say boo to one and pow, you've got a rolling corpse on your hands. These letters are, I guess, supposed to be about life and living in that moment we're always supposed to be living in. But, Christ, all he could talk about was his own imminent demise, despite the fact he's lived for twenty years, operates his own practice, does a radio show and newspaper column, and now has written a book. So I'm thinking, maybe you're a little better off than you realize, buddy.

Granted, his injuries were more serious than mine. Even so, he made a telling comment, that he tended towards depression, even before his accident, which was not exactly a bombshell newsflash.


So to Mr. Crippled Frasier of Philadelphia I say, keep on on keeping on. And don't send me your book.

***

Crap, Word has stopped working on my pc. Where are my disks? Who knows.

***

I saw this at the theater the other day and loved it: Wes Anderson's American Express commercial.

6 comments:

Charles said...

That was my favorite commercial ever. Thanks for sharing!

Paul said...

I love the .357 with bayonette drawing.

Paul said...

I'd take my own NPR show. It'd be fun.

Unknown said...

I turned that guy off- never connected him to anyone I know, excpet maybe a couple of folks with autistic family members.

What you have is what you have- but I don't want to see his book either.

pollyShanna

Anonymous said...

thats just sad. poor devil!!
sometimes its easy to forget to see the pretty things.

Anonymous said...

I might be able to help with that MS Word issue...