http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Eugene_Edgerton

He tried to put down Harold, being his snarky clownish self.

He lost control of the show.

The audience was laughing at Edgerton’s jokes — and directly at Dave’s expense.

He was not graceful about it. He almost attacked Harold — physically. The more he lost his cool, the louder the audience laughed.

Letterman is a fundamentally small, twisted soul.

Without snark, he is not.

It’s of his essence.

When confronted by a truly funny guy, Dr Edgerton, he had a complete melt down. The REAL Dave came out. NOT a pretty sight.

The show was cut from all re-broadcasts, no doubt. It was a personal disaster.

Channeling my inner Palin.

Sad, but in all too many cases probably true. Life is a serious affair. There are consequences involved in every decision/action, no matter how inconsequential it may seem at the time, that we make. The tiniest of pebbles ripples across the entire pond. We (wife & I) have lived our life together in a serious manner, which does not mean we have not given ourselves up to lightness. What is does mean is we never make decisions without carefully thinking about the ramifications of our decisions.

“I wasn’t meaning to make light of your concept of lightness, which is what is usually meant by the phrase.”

neo-neocon, I did not for a nanosecond think you were making light of my concept of lightness. However, I am a firm believer that it is usually best to cut to the chase. 😉 Simply because all that matters when we get down to the laughter, tears, the bitter and the sweet of life; is how we live each day. How we support family, friends, neighbors, and try to promote a sane and civil society wherever it might be that we find ourselves. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is not a casual affair. It requires diligence and a certain level of stubbornness and bravery.

I rarely post this much (fear of artfldgr syndrome) here, so I’ll stop by noting this is a great place on the www with a wonderful host and 99.7% wonderful commentors.

Everything is either a joke, or a guilt trip. It’s a joke; it’s a guilt trip, and nothing really matters but those.

The joke is that there is anything good or beautiful or true; that it’s all not a power scam.

The guilt trip is the main tool to control and ruin people’s true joy. Guilt and its sibling shame.

You want irony?

The people who use guilt and shame are guilty and shameful but they don’t know it.

That’s great about your daughter, parker.

Well, I was just talking about Kundera.

I wasn’t meaning to make light of your concept of lightness, which is what is usually meant by the phrase. Sounds like a wonderful time! So glad things are going well in your family, after the stress you’ve all been through. It’s great.