Who would you rather be: the Man, or the Man Behind the Man?
... that two people were instrumental in my joining Twitter. First, Isha . She sent out an article on it when the application was still brand new. (And I remember thinking, "Screw that noise. Like I need more online commitments.) Second was Rebecca . She joined up just a short while ago, claiming she hadn't met a bandwidth she didn't like . (And then she disappeared entirely from the internets .) It looked nice and pretty over there on her sidebar, and then I got a little jealous. The rest: history. And for those unobservant among you ( Jorge ), the Twitter feed is right there on my sidebar, replacing the old Radio 3 player that I loved, but that I think scared the bejezus out of a lot of people. Also, everyone should join Twitter. I'm needing some diversions , people.
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-Wrestling's Ric Flair
Does that mean that to be the man behind the man, you have to beat the man behind the man? 'Cause if so, I definitely want to be the man behind the man. What could be better than beating some guy's man behind his back in preparation for the knife going into his back?
If The Man (henceforth Man 1) is the guy who gets all the good stuff (praise or glory or attention or money or whatever) and The Man Behind The Man (Man 2) is the one who kinda engineered things to happen that way for Man 1, then I'd rather be Man 1. I'm not a plotting/scheming/planning for others type, but have the willingness and ability to put such things into motion myself when such things are suggested by others in some cases - and the "street smarts" (as the kids call it these days) to know when it is/isn't illegal or going to lead to someone's death.
If/when I can make a living by selling my writing, for instance, I'll have a lot of Men (and Women) behind me who helped push/encourage me to get me there. And I'd much rather be at that end of things than being the one pushing others to reach for the stars and getting my jollies by knowing I made it happen.
Please note, however, that if the question is intended to imply bum sex, then I'd rather be Man 3: the one who has nothing to do with it.
Good choice huh?
In other news: am going to Kunduz this weekend where the only restaurant in town is German (and an NGO). They sell miniature burqas for wine bottles. The Disneyfication has begun.
Y'all are so sweet. But are you sure casual use of the word burqa hasn't thrown off your judgement?
No, casual use of the word burqa has done nothing to me, except given me ideas to open my clothing store called...
...wait for it...
Burqa King!