BRETT CORNELL, besides possessing the Adonis-like features he's so justifiably proud of, can also boast a deep and profound knowledge of LOGIC and RATIONAL THOUGHT --
-- as he shows in this brief extract from "BRETT ENTERS THE SQUARE CIRCLE" :
“Just calm down,
babe,” I told her, leaning back once again and taking a quick puff on my
cigarette. “I don’t even know why you insist upon arguing with me like this.
You know, when I was in high school, I majored in philosophy, with a special
emphasis on logic and rational thinking – “ (I ignored the rolling of the eyes
she then gave me.) “ – so, when you argue with me, it’s the same as if you were arguing with guys like Descartes
and Spinoza.”
Upon hearing
that, Melanie stepped back in utter amazement and, after a precarious moment
during which her jaw dropped and almost hit the floor below her, she looked at
me and said,
“I don’t believe
it! You actually knew who those two guys were!”
“Of course, I
did,” I threw back at her with a big, wide smile. “Those two guys sat right
next to me in philosophy class: Lenny Descartes, and good old Joey Spinoza from
Federal Hill. Did you know that, back then, Joey’s old man used to work for
Angelo ‘The Bullet’ Di Lorenzo? Boy, oh, boy, those were the good old days, let
me tell you.”
And that explanation makes perfect sense -- in BRETT'S WORLD, that is!
Thanks for reading this!
Dave
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