Folded Thought of the Day:

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"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; 
then stop."
-- Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland


As sage as Mr. Carroll's words might be, and as much as I 
stand in awe of his writings, I've never been that good at 
applying the wisdom he shares in this phrase.  

As many of you have noted (both in appreciation and deep 
frustration), I tend to start a story somewhere in the 
middle and then jump about 500 years before the beginning 
of the story and then leap to the moment when the universe 
comes to an end then I eventually make my way around to 
the beginning, all the while introducing various characters 
and details that may or may not have anything to do with the 
actual story.  

What can I say, I write what I think (which is not the same 
as I think what I write... right?).  It might not always 
make sense but I think the ride is pretty fun.  Sure, I run 
the daily risk of annoying the occasional Alice, but as 
long as she can find a shining moment or two on the other 
side of this looking-glass, then I figure it's worth the 
while.  In return, I'll make the effort to write the occasional 
straight-forward bit.   

So, in the spirit of this leap-day, I'd like to extend 
an ongoing invitation to all of you to continue taking this 
daily leap of faith with me.  I do my best to see to it 
that Below the Fold is not your average newsletter content 
and I hope that's what makes you scroll.  That or you just 
want to find out when I'm finally going to crack. 

Anyway, I'll keep typing away and please keep sending 
in your stories and thoughts and whatevers -- we've got 
to keep the flame burning.  Sure, we'll disagree on 
occasion and there will be times when we frustrate each 
other, but we'll keep journeying through this rabbit hole 
and meeting strange characters.  And we'll have a lot of fun 
in the process.

What do you think?



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