Ice bucket: I think it was in episode 3 or 4 you, almighty mjp, or your almighty counter-part, stated: "Art is all that makes life worth living. Art and love."
Ahem. Whew-wee.
Now, I think you forgot some things like plumbing, shitting, pool playing and just about anything else done well with interest, intensity and sincerity.
Don't let that snazzy, artsy concubine of yours make you forget that its whatever gets you thru the nite that matters.
Endurance is more important than art and love as well...
My mother-in-law, an artless simple woman, who has worked hard on simple things all her life, once said: "Its the dull daily routines that keep you going in the long run."
You know, like tying your shoelaces.
She's 88.
That said: I sort of know what you mean.
Love means "interest, intensity and sinceritey, etc."
But I will never learn to trust that L-word, I'm afraid.
Maybe I need an artsy concubine.
Or an artsy mother-in-law.
And your rambling fits the podcast medium very well.
Something about that mellow voice contrasts and balances the bitter bite of the message in a way that pure text can't do.
Oh well, time to get back to my artless and loveless life.
Looking foreward to a good dreamless sleep.
Maybe I'll brush my teeth first.
Intensely.