Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Describe Your Situation in One Sentence
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Kootch and I decided to save the Millionaire for another day. It's a rerun, anyway. Working on beer number three at 1630L.
And I've been thinking about Melissa's request to describe 'the problem' in one sentence. Eheh. Hmmm! (Popped open beer #4 at 1642L.) The request was ludicrous, of course, but now that I have time to think about it, very possible to reply to. For example: 'I am being stalked.' The answer succinctly summarizes the situation in general, but appears to bear no relationship at all to the specific charge, 'Believes he is receiving radiation from an evil lawyer and that his family is also at risk.' Given the (specific) nature of the 'charge' the one sentence explanation is much too broad. Indeed such an answer is so far 'off target' that the questioner may be unable to relate question with answer. And we only had a minute or so left to our 'visit.'
But there are other possibilities here:
(a) An Onionesque article: 'Denver man describes last 40 years in one sentence.'
(b) Another blog describing the stalking history in the most succinct possible terms.
Both possibilities are tantalizing. I could do either one, or both. We shall see. (Popped open beer #5 about 1720L.)
Time for the evening news at 1730L.
Popped open beer #6 at 1803L. MJ is mostly out of the news. Thank god!
Kootch and I decided to save the Millionaire for another day. It's a rerun, anyway. Working on beer number three at 1630L.
And I've been thinking about Melissa's request to describe 'the problem' in one sentence. Eheh. Hmmm! (Popped open beer #4 at 1642L.) The request was ludicrous, of course, but now that I have time to think about it, very possible to reply to. For example: 'I am being stalked.' The answer succinctly summarizes the situation in general, but appears to bear no relationship at all to the specific charge, 'Believes he is receiving radiation from an evil lawyer and that his family is also at risk.' Given the (specific) nature of the 'charge' the one sentence explanation is much too broad. Indeed such an answer is so far 'off target' that the questioner may be unable to relate question with answer. And we only had a minute or so left to our 'visit.'
But there are other possibilities here:
(a) An Onionesque article: 'Denver man describes last 40 years in one sentence.'
(b) Another blog describing the stalking history in the most succinct possible terms.
Both possibilities are tantalizing. I could do either one, or both. We shall see. (Popped open beer #5 about 1720L.)
Time for the evening news at 1730L.
Popped open beer #6 at 1803L. MJ is mostly out of the news. Thank god!
