Word: nirvana
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...tell you that both theories are false, as is every other afterlife ever conceived by the mind of man. Death does not involve angels, or houris, or ace bandages (well, perhaps ace bandages--more on this later). Nor does it have anything to do with trumpets, balm of Gilead, Nirvana, or Kama Sutra. Death is lying on the unyielding floor of the Dunster House dining hall with an itchy nose, worrying about being stepped...
...most countries an unemployment rate of only 3% would be nothing short of nirvana. But in Japan it is cause for national anguish and alarm. Because of continuing woes in such industries as steel and even autos, Japan has reached the 3% jobless level for the first time since it began keeping monthly employment statistics...
...suffering that players consider themselves initiates in what approaches a religion. According to tradition, it takes "seven years' listening, seven years' practicing and seven years' playing to make a piper," but the reward is mastery of a difficult physical skill, plus the experience of creating one's own musical nirvana. The sound is something like an oboe, something like a bassoon, and, when all the various parts are used, like several of each playing at once...
...point is that it is not time for the clubs to die, but rather to evolve. the final clubs were a bold experiment, a revolutionary country club-like method of dealing with individual differences, but they still are only one step on the path to social nirvana. My method to complete the process is called Project Final Final Club, or PFFC for short...
...dance and sing the Evil Queen and her whip-cracking tinpan entourage into an early grave. And the forces of Music and Light oblige him, transforming Huston into a doe-eyed Greek goddess. It's a happy ending, sure. But with that mayonnaise-in-her-veins look of Nirvana on her kisser, you kinda sorta miss the spitting-spider Evil Queen...