East into the night

Brian D. McCary bdm at colossus.storz.com
Sun Jun 23 12:06:50 CDT 1996


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.  

Brian McCary





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