Between a Rock and a Hard Spot
This Wordplay
Wednesday entry is long overdue. Yesterday I stumbled on a years-old
notation of it while vegetating on the threshold of my day …
LIMINAL (limʹi nɘl, līʹmi-) adj. – of or at the limen, or threshold;
at a boundary or transitional point between two conditions, stages in a
process, ways of life, etc [n.
liminality; WW #62]
Had I actually paid attention to, and/or
continued my studies of psychology in college, I likely would have known
instantly, what Chuck Lorre referred to in his Vanity Card rant #410. “… we have no choice but to pull together as
a nation and make do with the liminal.” Admittedly, I had to look
it up. Thanks Chuck! 
If you
watch the Big Bang Theory, surely you pause the ending credits (a liminal
moment before your mind returns to its usual evening numbness) to read Chuck’s
rambling rants and raves. If you don’t, or worse, are unaware they’re there
because you have an itchy finger on the remote control, you’re missing a grand
opportunity to expand – or alternately, explode – your mind. Chuck isn’t just
another pretty face writing in TVLand.
A
longtime fan of his work, I first encountered Chuck’s quirky vanity cards following
the insanely inane but fun antics of Dharma& Greg
(1997). I derive as much pleasure from his ramblings as I do his creative
characters. Obviously, there is a little of his zaniness in each of them.
A vanity
note to Mr. Lorre:
Has
anyone told you recently, you’re not allowed to retire? Ever? And that Stephen Hawking should gather his neuroscientist friends
to devise a way to preserve and access your brain (his too, of course) when
your body finally dissolves? (I was going to say “decays” but that was too
gross.) Your special brand of humor | angst | frustration | vision is greatly
appreciated. Of course, many of us not only agree with you but could write vanity
cards as well – we just can’t get away with it in Social Media like you can.
The average person is vilified as “politically incorrect” for reciting the
Pledge of Allegiance. You, however, like Donald Trump, can say anything and you
just become more popular. Don’t stop. In fact … run for President … PLEASE??!!
Word of the Week: LIMINAL. Can you fit it into your own vanity card writings?
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