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"it were better to be a prince in hell, than a servant in heaven"
-- Milton, Paradise Lost

There are no princes in heaven, because princes must fight among themselves for their claim to the throne. In conflict, in ambiguity, there is hell. There are no pure servants in hell, because everyone must be trying to escape, to advance their own lot, regardless of the suffering they inflict. Pure servitude is a state of acceptance, of resignation to the current state being as good as it is going to get. This is heaven, where everything is accepted as being currently optimal.

Some people take the phrase as a comparison between what their status in either place would be based on their moral value here on earth. I take it as a comparison of how individuals must behave under either circumstance.

Of course, there must be some poor deluded fools acting as servants in hell. Do they find redemption, or do they just turn on the wheel, serving one prince no more worthy than the last? Or are they so lost that they believe it is heaven in their servitude?

And if you have any spare time after answering those questions, I am having a heck of time getting these angels to balance on the head of this needle.
--Evil B.
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2007.08.13
Interesting bit on public radio this morning, about the Brazilian community in Boston starting to dry up, thanks in part to the weak dollar and a perception of an increase in anti-immigrant feeling. Actually one of the guys heading back said that he thought the economy was in free-fall and didn't see it getting better in the next five years. That seemed like a pretty dire assessment!

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--News Ticker from Lore's Bad Gods. The description from its page
The Doo-Dah News Network brings you the finest headlines that you can sing to the tune of "Camptown Races" if you add "Doo-Dah" to the end.
(I guess Lore used this trick before, but I think this is actually automated.)

I like how the author-insert Lore cartoons now include the drink recipe of what he's drinking (click on "Notes").