Moderation, consistency and Barth

[Paul DiFilippo]

"Moderation in moderation" reminds me of the riff in Barth's
FLOATING OPERA.  The narrator decided early in his life always
to be unpredictable and inconsistent.  However, he realized a
paradox.  To be 100% unpredictable would be to be predictable!
So he picked one area of his life (breakfast menu?) and standardized
it, thus inserting just enough consistency into his inconsistency
to be truly inconsistent!  Kinda like the dot of contrasting
color in each yin-yang half.....

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Paul Di Filippo&Deborah Newton/2 Poplar/Providence, RI 02906
Dada Charity:  "Clothe the hungry and feed the naked."
Capitalist Charity:  "Give the hungry clothes, the naked food,
and let them create a market economy."