#75

Didn't tend towards the Girardian lens until I read a complete history of the world from cover to cover. Penguin, sixth edition, J.M. Roberts & Odd Arne Westead. I'd read lots and lots of history books before, but there was something about having it all splayed out like that. My faith in the power of world fiction to tell truths beyond truth was already in place. I have many complex feelings and ideas about envy and violence. He was a smart dude. Why do I bring this up? I saw an article about him, remembered the last article I read about him, and read today's article about him. 

By now I shouldn't have to clarify, but I will, in case: I've never one hundred percent agreed with anything, not my own senses or thoughts, no authority, not any writer or speaker, nobody, nothing. Only little practicalities, like, "I one hundred percent agree that is a ninety-degree angle. I one hundred percent agree that this noodle is boiled. I one hundred percent agree to work an extra shift this week. The noodle was not boiled? I one hundred percent disbelieve you. I checked its status myself. The noodle was unmistakably boiled."

Hey! For seven dollars, you can order up the good shit. My books are not long, but contain a great many ideas for the volume. Good word per ounce ratio. See for yourself what I pretend the truth is.


--JL