As our mysterious neighbors repeatedly slam some door over and over again for some reasons we simply can't fathom, I withdraw from the mortal world of France, accounts of our resettling, and exotic stories of apartment living to disappear into the history of Clerkmanifesto.
As I have mentioned over the last days, to cover time away from a computer and the possibility of a much extended sojourn to Montpellier and god knows where else, I am pulling up a few historic posts so you can get another look at them. It's like I am diving into the depths of the ocean searching for pearls or lost treasures on the sea floor.
If I don't come up, haul me in by my breathing tube.
Here you go, ten years old and not only does it still apply, but perhaps now more literally as well:
This is called
"The Conundrum"
Sometimes I wander the Internet. I don't know what I'm looking for there. Do you? Well, you. Look who I'm asking this of. You have found it. But I am out there looking for my own clerkmanifesto. Maybe that's what you'll be exiled to do as well, as soon as this one is over for the day.
Amid the festive desolation of this vast Internet I kick the tires and poke around in the weeds. How can something so large be so small? At its best I listen to the music of famous and talented people. At its worst I sink down to the comment sections of machine stamped articles where only the names have been changed. And there my heart is taken from me. My blood is stirred. And wild, angry responses to the careless and misguided comment of strangers flood into my mind.
I roll up my sleeves. I sharpen my pen. And only at the last minute, I remember:
These aren't people. This is the Internet.
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