Life = joke?

That means you have to get a life before you can get it! But after that, it's too late, because the joke isn't funny anymore. At least, the punchline is tired. Always ends the same way.

:)

Pretapretiacal? What the fuck does that mean? I asked my research assistant, but he came up with nil.

I won't even bother asking what the rest of it means.

Not for nothing Eric, but I think your initial skepticism about this guy posting was well founded.

Its one thing to play verbal gymnastics. Its quite another to actually be clever about it.

Writing is a dialogue. Two people are involved, the writer, and the reader. As such, cleverness is required of both parties, not just one.

Put another way, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him understand Proust.

Maybe you just need a drink?

I think two people are involved even when the writer is the reader. Absent any further audience considerations, writing involves reading one's own mind, which gives it a duality.

Don't forget to count the NSA--the reader over your shoulder.