Thursday, February 01, 2007
Goodbye, Molly--thanks for the fun
The sun got a little dimmer yesterday, and I don't think it's going to be firing up any extra sunlight any time soon. I think that the sun is in mourning; Molly Ivins died yesterday.
I will miss her deeply. Her work was brilliant and beautiful. Molly's had a coping mechanism for dealing with social injustice that ought to be celebrated: "laugh -- it's so much better for you than crying or throwing up". So far, it's the only method I've found that makes life continue to be worth living with.
If an afterlife exists, it's obvious why the Management had to take Molly so soon. Obviously, God was jealous of all of the wonderful columns she waswriting. He must have felt she was wasting her talents upon us mere mortals. Like any good head hunter, He sought to rectify matters by hiring her as his personal reporter. All I know is that all evildoers in the underworld should beware--Molly's going to serve the Devil a new Hell.
I will miss her deeply. Her work was brilliant and beautiful. Molly's had a coping mechanism for dealing with social injustice that ought to be celebrated: "laugh -- it's so much better for you than crying or throwing up". So far, it's the only method I've found that makes life continue to be worth living with.
If an afterlife exists, it's obvious why the Management had to take Molly so soon. Obviously, God was jealous of all of the wonderful columns she waswriting. He must have felt she was wasting her talents upon us mere mortals. Like any good head hunter, He sought to rectify matters by hiring her as his personal reporter. All I know is that all evildoers in the underworld should beware--Molly's going to serve the Devil a new Hell.
