Thursday, February 11, 2010

Here's Something You Don't
Always Understand At First

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
--the late opera diva Beverly Sills

10 Comments:

At 5:29 AM, Blogger Jim Murdoch said...

Oh, I dunno, I don't find going to sleep too hard.

 
At 5:44 AM, Blogger Elisabeth said...

I'm inclined to agree. And although Jim suggests sleep's one place worth a short cut to, I think of sleep as a possible euphemism for death and I hope that most of us don't take short cuts there.

 
At 6:45 AM, Blogger Jim Murdoch said...

@Elisabeth - I assure you, Lis, when my time comes to die I do not want to take the scenic route.

 
At 8:55 AM, Blogger Kass said...

Isn't it funny that when analyzed, some great-sounding quotes are blatantly untrue. Even metaphorically. I'm sure "Bubbles" was talking about hard work leading to success, but I can think of many examples, as have Jim and Elisabeth, where cutting corners really pays off. I much prefer flying over driving to New York. I prefer the speed of the computer rather than mail service when conversing with Jim and Elisabeth, continents away ( and you, states away).

 
At 3:13 PM, Anonymous Christine said...

This is a good way to describe getting from the West Side to Cleveland Heights.

 
At 5:29 PM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

Thanks, everyone. CB, I like the new blog, but I'll still miss Accent. It was unique.

 
At 9:24 AM, Blogger Diane Vogel Ferri said...

What if the long way isn't working either?????

 
At 9:59 AM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

Now there's a true conundrum, Diane.

 
At 11:25 PM, Blogger Maria said...

Short cuts? Some of us don't even have a sense of direction. Hope we get wherever, and soon.

 
At 6:56 AM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

I know the feeling, at least sometime, Maria. It's just part of being human, and having a curious, searching nature. It's easy to always have a perfect sense of direction when you're hardly going anywhere. But writerly types don't have that option, if you could even call that an option.

 

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