April 19, 2004
Here Come the Clowns
So, one of the ideas that Christine Page gave us to try durng the training, was to ask for the answer to a simple question over lunch.
Our clump of fabulous energy went off to Constantino's in search of Robert, the debonnaire, and a great dining experience -- more about that later.
My luncheon question was "What's next?"
One of us received a definitive answer on the way back from an exquisite al fresco meal. The answer was. "Keep exercising."
The part of me that had been chanting "You can't do this" like a Motown back up singer , had the volume turned up loud by then.
We were late, rushing to get back before the afternoon session began, especially since we were seated front row center (all four days). I had to stop to take this picture on the way, even though I thought I would be tardy. When I downloaded it yesterday, I didn't think it was particularly great. It was, however, my answer. The clowns are next.
Wasn't I just carrying on to Margaret Gunning about her church hiring clowns to do the Good Friday service?
Also my friend mentioned the article in the New York Times Magazine about "Billionaires for Bush" , which I had somehow missed. I thought that it was a fabuolous approach to deal with contrast.
From a Boston Globe article:
"The Billionaires for Bush group is among several activist organizations sprouting up in recent years whose main tactics include humor and irony. "Reverend Billy" and his "Church of Stop Shopping," an anticonsumerism organization, stages church-revival-type rallies with a preacher. Then there is a group that purports to be made up of "housewives" from Bush's hometown of Crawford, Texas, with proverbs such as "A bomb, in time, saves 9" and "A country bribed is an ally earned." The "housewives" have made appearances at Times Square in New York, where they dressed up in red, white, and blue, and straddled plastic missiles."
Clowns are ancient figures, often the "only courtiers who enjoyed free speech who could speak their minds to the monarch. .. usually"
Photo note: Clown showing an SUV where to go, not to mention yours truly.
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Posted by Dakota at April 19, 2004 08:32 PM