MOBILITY

Cirque du Soleil announces a third date in Peerless Princess. Seems us back’rds folk here really do appreciate the finer things in life and managed to buy out the first two dates in record time. Lloyd and I are not going because he won’t go to see anything at the Coliseum, our largest local auditorium, on general principles.

I’m not fond of circuses myself, although we have taken the children to one or three of them. One of the things I like the least is the ringmaster’s role in hyping up the acts. All that “most dangerous feat” etc. designed to pump up one’s adrenaline. I know the feats are dangerous; I can’t carry my briefcase through the garage without getting hung up on the lawn mower or Lloyd’s car bumper. Circus people practice constantly and don’t attempt feats they haven’t perfected. Leave my adrenaline where it is and just let me enjoy the sight of people doing things I wouldn’t attempt.

The word of the day for January 10, 2007 is “mobility” — 1. The quality or state of being mobile. 2. The movement of people, as from one social group, class, or level to another: “There's been . . . restructuring of industry and downward mobility for Americans as a whole” (Lawrence W. Sherman).

Our quote for today is from George Eliot (1819 - 1880):

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

;^)