It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then — just to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker.

I began to think alone — “to relax,” I told myself — but I knew it wasn’t true. Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time.

That was when things began to sour at home. One evening I turned off the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that night at her mother’s.

I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don’t mix, but I couldn’t help myself.

I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau, Muir, Confucius and Kafka. I would return to the office dazed and confused, asking, “What is it exactly we are doing here?”

One day the boss called me in. He said, “Listen, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don’t stop thinking on the job, you’ll have to find another job.”

This gave me a lot to think about. I came home early after my conversation with the boss. “Honey,” I confessed, “I’ve been thinking…”

“I know you’ve been thinking,” she said, “and I want a divorce!”

“But honey, surely it’s not that serious.”

“It is serious,” she said, lower lip aquiver. “You think as much as college professors and college professors don’t make any money, so if you keep on thinking, we won’t have any money!”

“That’s a faulty syllogism,” I said impatiently.

She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to deal with the emotional drama.

“I’m going to the library,” I snarled as I stomped out the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche. I roared into the parking lot with NPR on the radio and ran up to the big glass doors. They didn’t open. The library was closed.

To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. Leaning on the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye, “Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?” it asked.

You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinkers Anonymous poster.

This is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker. I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was Porky’s. Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting.

I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. Life just seemed . . . easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking.

I believe the road to recovery is nearly complete for me.

Today I took the final step. I joined the Labor Party.



* (Sent to my husband's FB addy tonight)

Hey permanently banned from PA stalker

It was indeed sent to my husband's FB addy.

So bugger off and stop trolling my topic!

Aussie wrote on Jan 31^st, 2017 at 10:25pm:


You're too far gone. Stalking....now misquoting...not able to comprehend.

You should try reading before making a fool of yourself.

Poor sod.

Aussie wrote on Jan 31^st, 2017 at 10:42pm:
You are making an idiot of yourself, the last line clearly states it was passed on by someone else.

rhino wrote on Jan 31^st, 2017 at 10:53pm:


Yep.....and his link does not yield an exact duplicate of what my hubby got in his FB addy.

Seriously....leave it be.

His latest display of insanity has been reported.

Unfortunately, it's precisely this same brand of insanity which saw him being permanently banned from FD's other site PA.

AiA wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 5:42am:


Not good enough I'm afraid.

Aussie: Liar. Predator.

Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 8:25am:


Oh really? Only someone as disturbed and deranged as Arssie could even reach such a conclusion.

All I did was post something funny which came through on my hubby's FB addy.

If that is all it takes to press the buttons of Arssie....then he should be permanently banned from this site too....not just FD's other political site.

Anyway....all he did was expose himself for the insane stalker/predator he is and will always be.