Notes - playing the course / 104 words of Dead 4 +

         When you first awoke you were thinking on how you thought understood Nancy Ziegler’s lecture in AP Calculus that your AP British Literature students talked you into attending. – Amorella

         0859 hours. Her lecture seemed reasonable. First she filled one sideboard; then she continued, proceeding to fill the front (white) board with many more mathematical notations. When class was dismissed Nancy asked, “Did you understand?” I said I thought I did and told her what I thought. She laughed good-naturedly and said I wasn’t even close. So, after last night’s thoughts that I felt I could handle the logic of the Chinese Room; I realized that I probably don’t have a clue once again.

         I remember one of John Coulter’s English classes at Otterbein and how I was taking two or three of his classes during one semester and I was in Romantic lit but applied the essay question to Neo-Classic lit instead. Later, he called me in and we had a laugh about it. He said, “Orndorff, this should be a F but I gave you a B because you were so damn logical.” I love John Coulter. I must have had thirty semester hours or more of his classes during my many year tenure. He was a very intelligent, kind and compassionate man, the best kind of teacher in my estimation. Such remembrances remind me I know little to nothing about how this world is. I don’t have the brains.

         You have a twisted sort of passion for learning from experience though boy, as you stumble in and out of the doors life has to offer. – Amorella

         0916 hours. I drifted back to sleep and the next thought awoke me with a smile. Two old men sitting on a bench or at a table talking – “a hole in one” is the comment that woke me up because of its sexual connotation and then “form and function” was the reply – I laughed at the thought. Two old geezers trying to tackle Philosophy Unlimited (in this case The Chinese Room) but end up making a joke about its seriousness. It seems like a good tone to use in Dead 4.

         Not the way I would have played the course, but still, from your perspective it is an understandable one. Later. Post. – Amorella 

         Later afternoon. Once Carol returned from getting her hair done you ran errands and had an excellent lunch at Longhorn with Jen as your server. Carol is working on the wash and you are both thinking about heading to Westerville tomorrow to have lunch with Steve and Karen at Uptown’s Rusty Bucket. By the by, you need to relax a while before tackling Dead 4. Later. – Amorella

         2130 hours. I have the first 104 words and am feeling much better about this. I like the idea of meeting at The Mikroikia where the first Rebellion began. The old server, Aranos, is still present. What a great idea. Socrates and Merlyn are sipping wine where it all began.

         Relax. You had a nap but no supper. Post. – Amorella

         2135 hours. Meeting in Old Town – I have it mapped out somewhere.

         You have it recorded, boy.

         2205 hours. I found long chapters one through five plus chapter seven of “The Rebellion”. I am sure chapter six is around someplace.

         2217 hours. I found the whole of chapter six in sections in the blog (of all places). So, I have the completed chapters – lots of material, some of which might be useful. This is most awesome.

         You have written much of the years, orndorff. Some will be useful in "The Dead" segments of these last two books. Post. - Amorella