Stuff Procrastinating People Like

Limes
Kurt Vonnegut
Diet Coke
prog rock
being an indie snob
rain
Text Twist
ambient music
Tetris
blogging
sudoku
crossword puzzles
webcomics
kitties
grammar
usage
mechanics
abstract thought
wizard rock
landscaping
good pens
abstract impressionism
Wikipedia
museums
mashed potatoes
openmindedness
goofiness
tea
yarn
lanyards
macaroni and cheese
college
simplicity
safety pins
kickstands
brushing teeth
bicyclists
the Sims
photography
photomanipulation
cinema
chess
literature
film noir
puppies
the Onion
sunglasses
burritos
magnets
Twitter
interior design
nail polish
abstract expressionism
experimental film
Ireland
ice cream
Caesar salad
calling things what they are
silverware
capes
free t-shirts
bean curd
lactase
your mom

Hell yeah.

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From the Iliad

"He...handed him murderous symbols, which he inscribed in a folding tablet, enough to destroy life, and told him to show it to his wife's father, that he might perish." -- p. 157, book 6

So, this king dude wants to kill this other guy for no real reason... but rather than do it himself, he writes a letter to his father in law and hands it to the guy he wants dead. The guy then delivers it to the father in law, who reads it and sends the guy on various quests, doing various heroic deeds, in hopes that he'll die. (He doesn't.)

But the insinuation, in Homer, is that the writing itself will kill the guy. (Who, if you're curious, is Bellerophontes.) The writing is so powerful that it could kill Bellerophontes simply because he cannot read. How ironic! This man carries his own death sentence to someone who will carry it out, and he does so because, due to his inability to read, he doesn't know it's a death sentence.

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