Sunday, December 5, 2010

to clarify

#4 son asked why did I capitalize "left" in recent blog. Of course it is because turning Left is a Matter of Importance. And so is Getting Back to My Point. Getting Back to My Point is a skill that took 10 years of talk therapy to get a handle on and I am striving to stay on the straight and narrow in this endeavor.

I am uneasy with using vague references in order to preserve privacy, mine and those of the people I mention.
In particular I don't like saying "#4 son". Kinda has the cadence of "#1 wife", as in the Chinese household hierarchy of lore...

I must consider this carefully because I can't tell a story when I'm worrying that I'm bringing to mind polygamy.
And the vision of a big-bellied buddha-like male of means who thinks this is all ok. Although Yul Brynner was pretty impressive on "The King and I".

So, [getting back to my point] gotta figure out what to call whom.

Then I can proceed.