Re: Earliest published ambigram?

don...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > I have the same problem with remembering the names of people, and
> > unfortunately I have trouble remembering faces too.  But I usually
> > remember all of the gossip I've heard about everyone, it's just a
> > matter of figuring out which stories go with which people.  Go figure.
>
> I've put a lot of effort into just doing without having to know
> someone's name who I run across for the second time;  just get along
> during the conversation without it.  People are so offended if you
> don't remember their name.  And you're right about having to figure out
> who you've told what to.  It starts getting away from you; you not only
> have to remember the person and the story or joke but then you have to
> form these huge lists of who you've told what to.  Or else you get into
> the protocol of saying "Now stop me if I've told you this....."  (Have
> I told you all this before, I mean, the subject matter of this note????
>  Please stop me if I did.")
>
> I don't know.  Life is too complicated.  Why can't it be nice and
> simple?  Why all this complexity?  I've said this before , and I'll say
> it again (please stop me if you've already heard it):  What we need is
> a really simple, basic Theory of Complexity.  That'll solve all our
> problems.  (But once all your problems are solved what do you do
> then??? That's a meta-problem).
>
> Don

I have a Theory of Complexity.  It goes like this:  Things are complex.
 That's the way reality always is, like it or not.  If things start
looking too simple, that's a sure sign that the observer is either not
doing a good job of paying attention or is giving in to delusions of
simplicity.  You don't really have to worry about this as long as
everything remains confusing to you.  You should start worrying
whenever you suddenly realize that it all makes sense.

Sometimes I wish that I had better social skills and lots of friends,
but we all muddle along doing the best that we can with our various
skills and handicaps.

(By the way, I wasn't truly offended by your mispelling of my name.  I
just can never resist an opportunity to make a wisecrack.  Puns are
especially tempting, although I'm not sure why.  Sort of like
chocolate.)

-Gayla

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