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Great Uncle Chris here: BTW, Why is it not grand uncle? I too have that song stuck in my skull (Media Man by Flash in the Pan). Alexa, God help me, is playing it as I write. I may try to drive it out by having it (Alexa) play Margaritaville by the newly dead Jimmy Buffet, although I suspect this will a case of the cure being worse than the disease. Anyhow, on behalf of myself and my teammates, thanks for the shoutout. I haven't been playing ball recently due to having a pacemaker installed to make my heart beat faster. Tomorrow, though, my mates and I will stand in mufti outside the church where the funeral of the founder of the Worcester's senior softball league will be held. Macabre or respectfully cute? I don't know. Also, I love your observation that "Every joke is a tiny revolution". Incentivizes me to actually learn a joke or two. Also love too, your observation that people who do Crossfit wish they were trucks. Keep writing and Great Aunt Norma and I will keep reading.

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I do fear Margaritaville may be a case of the cure being worse than the disease. Btw, sitting here watching the U.S. Open... they could use some of the spirit of the Worcester league!

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The idea of you telling everyone (word for word):

“‘Joy,’ Nietzche writes, ‘has no need of heirs or children— Joy wants itself, wants eternity…’ Joy, like eroticism, is a ‘psychological quest’ as Bastille has it, ‘independent of the natural goal’: jouissance over procreation.”

LOVED this - and also hoping I can borrow Animal Joy ASAP

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U kno I’m absolutely slinging full quotes about joy at union hall !!

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