Oh Molly!

[Vincent A. Maeder]

		-----Original Message-----
		From: David Morris >It generates something form
"nothing."  But that nothing is formed from all sorts of shadows inside
the brain of the writer which then generates the "something" in the
brain of the reader.<

"Lord, nothing comes from nothing... everything must come from
something...." Vince is shaking now, espresso having left behind its
pile of epinephrine tokens in the hallways of the subway.

"N-no," shaking a finger, "actually, everything comes from nothing."

Vince thinks Abbott and Costello would be less confusing discussing the
local baseball team. "Everything cannot come from nothing. It can't be
done."

"Oh sure, you know, it can. The whole universe came from nothing. We're
all from nothing. You know, we could all disappear in an instant in a
cloud of virtual particles that would vanish into nothing again."

"So," Vince pauses, "I'm nothing?"

"That's nothing," muffled laugh, "you should have seen the lox this
morning, great stuff, i-it's a shame to think that was nothing." Pausing
for a moment. "Believe me, that lox was a lot more interesting and, you
know, important than you."

V.

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