Friday, December 14, 2007

Ordinary Rambler

Way back many moons ago, I began writing a pre blog ranting ... it was titled The Ramblings of an Ordinary Man ... in fact I typed it on my Handspring PDA ... that was a challenge ... but with no back-up, no download ... those initial ramblings went into the great abyss.

Now as a general statement of fact rambling is an easy thing ... you just start talking or writing moving from one topic to another ... just keep going ... it is critical to be a better than average rambler you must what anyone else has to say. Just ignore that others might want to add some serious thoughts or words to those you are spewing forth. You will know this if you are a true rambler that everything is about you. A friend starts to tell you a story and you quickly adjust the conversation trail to relate your experience in those circumstances. You know that their experiences can not possibly be as interesting as your experiences. Of course that given the opportunity, everyone would prefer hearing about your experiences. Your experiences really capture the essence of how those experiences should be experienced.

But, the Ordinary Man? How does one prove that you are an Ordinary Man? And why would want to be considered Ordinary?

Well, as to the second part ... Ordinary versus Not Ordinary? To be ordinary would be someone that was "Commonly encountered"; he would be usual
with no exceptional ability, degree, or quality; average ... for the legal wizards to be Ordinary would mean to "have an immediate rather than delegated jurisdiction, as a judge" ... remember that old adage ... those who can do will do ... those that can not do will teach ... and those that can not teach will teach gym ... and those that can not accomplish that will be come judges at athletic events or other tribunals ... back to our ramblings previously in progress ... or to the number people ... "Mathematics ... Designating a differential equation containing no more than one independent variable".

So you ask me or maybe I just ask myself because I don't know whether you are really there so I must presume that this is a conversation between myself ... why do you want to be considered "ordinary"?

Well, self I say, to be not ordinary requires something special to be "out of the ordinary" and that entails making yourself noticed and that could entail making someone else feeling less than they might already feel about themselves. You know people who seem to be so self confident ... so proud of who they seem to be to you from the outside. Well, it is not unusual ... almost ordinary to find that just those people you thought were "not ordinary" ... you would think they were certainly something special ... when in fact if you could look inside or watch them real close ... well they are more worried that they are not so special and its only other people who are extraordinary.

Then there is that bell curve thing ... not the bell curve that indicated that only
Ashkenazi Jews are smarter than the rest of the curve ... and that those persons from south of the equator are less than average ... no I am just referring to the normal grading bell curve ... where most people are in the middle and only a small portion of the group is truly above or below average. To be average is to be be part of the vast majority. So, one might or you might or anyone else might have to come to the mathematical conclusion is that we are all Ordinary / Average or at least the overwhelming majority are at that stage.

So the analysis ... one has to come to the conclusion that being Ordinary puts you with the masses. Accepting this position allows you to be at peace with yourself. You can try harder at some things and could be above average in a specific area ... but understand that in the overall your just one of the folks ... unless your on So, using the math ... watching the numbers ... doing the complete in depthsteroids in which case your just a hyped-up individual trying to make the most of your limited talent because you don't really care about yourself and are disappointed in what G-d gave you.

Taking all that into account ... the bigger question to be addressed down the road of life ... if we are all most Ordinary .... how can I take the position of being the spokesperson for the Ordinary Rambling People? Because I can see the big picture ... stay tuned for more from the Ramblings of an Ordinary Man ...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

your ability to ramble has shocked me once agian!