> No, no, don't you see. She captured the official line perfectly. Kind of
> like my student who wrote the essay titled "Barry Manilow, a Musical
> Genius," and talked about how it was so hard to make it in this "dog-eat-dog
> world of make believe."
>
At least s/he didn't call it the "doggy-dog world of make believe."
> I have never seen two cliches more perfectly wedded in my life.
>
And yet, this is true.
>
> Even mediocrity has heights to scale.
>
Transcendent mediocrity is a difficult concept, but where paradox leads, I will always follow. :)
j