"Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides." (King Lear)

Perhaps some of you may have noticed that my font for these blogs is always the same...it's called "Verdana." I use it because it's one of the few fonts that my publisher uses to print books. I also have the text "right justified" as you can tell because when I copy and paste these blogs into a word document for Volume III of "Pater Noster in Condoland", I don't have much else to do except to change the color to black and white and eliminate the italics. (I love to write in italics because it mirrors cursive handwriting). Also in the black and white version, I have included many more images that support the themes. At least I hope it's obvious to a reader that they support the themes, just as I try to have the titles to these blogs do the same. And the last theme I had (Yesterday ?) was on the subject of discovering Truth through the quest of knowledge and wisdom. And joyfully, it stirred a couple of people to get off the couch, ditch the TV remote and write a comment. Every writer loves to have his audience react in some way, and I stimulated a whole three people to do just that. Well, a journey of 1000 miles begins with three very small steps...so I've heard.

One of my anonymous commentators complained vigorously that as an ex-employee of the Xerox company he objects to the idea that his company had anything to do with fighting Sparta and the Greeks off in Ancient Greece. I suppose "Xerxes" is close enough to cause confusion in his confused state of mind. However, as the Red Baron, I wish to apologize for any misconception that may occur to other Xerox cretins because of my use of the word "Xerxes". I will, therefore, change my text to read "In 400 - or + BCE, MIMEO and the Persians fought the Greeks and Spartans.

I'm getting very anxious about whom our esteemed candidates will choose as their running mates--because the choices might very well tip the election into one camp or the other...I'm hoping it will tip the scales into the Obama camp. I've been following Obama's travels through the Middle East and now for the next few days into Europe, where he is an overwhelming favorite with the people and their governments. It seems to me from what I've read and heard thus far he is certainly on top of every campaign issue, regardless of the fact that he has been accused by his adversary about a lack of experience. That doesn't seem to be a factor in his triumphant tour in world capitals. In fact I just had to laugh when one interviewed German citizen referred to him as "Der Shvartze JFK". Over there it's a compliment. Over here, the word "schvartze" is pejorative. It's the yiddish version of the N word. So be it. Obama will be the next President of the United States in a landslide.

(P.S. If you believe it was Mimeo who fought Sparta and not Xerox, it's O.K. It won't be the first time that history has been hijacked.)