Thursday, October 28, 2004
Rumination on a Joke
I know there exists a running, somewhat tired, definitely mentally-deficient joke that when the Red Sox win the Series, it will herald the Apocalypse. But what, really, is the Apocalypse? While we see the Apocalypse as a time of fire, brimstone, judgment, and really bad books, it hasn't always been this way. The Aztecs saw their apocalypse, the time of the Fifth Sun, as a new period of revelation and human understanding.
Ladies and gentlemen, after tonight, I'm going with the latter.
Ladies and gentlemen, after tonight, I'm going with the latter.
