East into the night

[Ted Samsel]

> 
> At 12:06 PM 6/23/96 -0500, Brian D. McCary wrote:
> >Question:  " A-and--why is it dark in the east and why are there no more bars?"
> >
> >Interesting that east is not only where the sun rises, giving it an obvious
> >prominant place in nature based religion, but is also from where the night
> >approaches as well.  The further east you go, the further into the blackness
> >of the night you travel, until you travel past closing time, and have only the
> >harsh, sobering light of dawn to travel into.  Traveling west at the right
> >rate, you could, in theory, stay in Suck Hour time indefinitely.  He has 
> >essentially turned the sunrise worship model on its head.  
> 
> To be hopelessly literal (or littoral), if you are in Newport News, there
> are no bars in the east because that is where the ocean is.  That is also
> why it is dark in the east: no streetlights. But this begs the question of
> why it is dark in the east, etc., on Profane's "abstract Street."  I am not
> sure how important the actual geography of Newport News is here.  

But wasn't this in Nawfawk? East of Nawfawk is Virginia Beach, home of
Edgar Cacey & Pat Robertson....

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net  *1996* Year of the Accordion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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