[at-l] Boredom (was Bryson's bookl)

[orangebug74@yahoo.com (Orange Bug)]

This is one of those major life issues. The most potent "humane"
torture is to bore someone - to make each and every day long,
uneventful and bland via sameness. This is the genius behind
"super-max" prisons, and why Timothy McVeigh was eager to accept his
capital punishment.

Each of us deals with boredom in some way. A hiker who follows a cyber
e-list to deny boredom is about as honest as a tele-evangelist hawking
timeshares to Paradise while preaching family values. We find
distractions from things that are humdrum, such as our list. Believe
me, I think admission of boredom is a far smaller sin than adultry and
theft.

Besides, when your life is routine, you are either doing something
extremely well, or are being punished for doing something extremely
bad.

Bill...

--- Raphael Bustin <rafe@oasissemi.com> wrote:
> You speak of "thinking about" the boredom, or "focusing" on the
> boredom -- so I take it the boredom itself is real.  Obviously, one
> can invent many games and diversions for the mind to play, and
> we all have done that while hiking, I suspect.


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