TPPM (9): The Virtue of Idleness

[joeallonby]

> So real money actually proceeds from Sloth, although this transformation is
> said to be even more amazing elsewhere in the entertainment sector, where idle
> exercises in poolside loquacity have not infrequently generated tens of
> millions of dollars in revenue.

This is why I now set aside most of Sunday to do absolutely nothing. Nope.
No accomplishment allowed. So far, it's working wonders. I expect the
millions to start rolling in any day now. Now, I must accomplish going to a
comfortable pub with a fireplace for a pint of Guinness.




on 11/28/04 8:36 PM, Tim Strzechowski at Dedalus204 at comcast.net wrote:

This was originally posted by Otto back on August 7th:

"From the Bible on, moralists and nags have promoted the benefits of hard
work and early rising. They are mistaken, argues Tom Hodgkinson. For
breathing space to create and time to reflect, indolence is essential. He
offers a guide to easy living, pleasurable illness, and effortless sex

(...)

The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together. I have
a dream. It is called love, anarchy, freedom. It is called being idle."

© Tom Hodgkinson, 2004.
Saturday August 7, 2004, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1276787,00.html

The Deadly Sins/Sloth; Nearer, My Couch, to Thee
By Thomas Pynchon, June 6, 1993
http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-sloth.html







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