The other day I had to buy a new headset for my cordless phone and it got me thinking. I have one headset to emulate the mouse on my computer. Another headset to give verbal commands. Yet another for the phone. Most of my interaction with the world around me occurs via my head. You could probably cut it off and put it in a jar a la Futurama and I could still have a fairly productive life. But I think I’d miss my body and all of the sensations associated with it. People often wrongly assume that I have no capacity for sensation, like someone with a spinal cord injury. In truth, I can’t imagine what that must be like. Sitting here, I can feel the smooth varnished wood of my desk under my left hand. In my right hand, I can feel the rough textured surface of my thumb switch. I do live in my head quite a bit, but I’m grateful that I have a body that can experience all the pleasures, both crude and sublime, that this world has to offer.
Looks like I’ll be going to a Monday night Packers game in November. W00t!
can you take a sign with you that says Hi Ronnie?
go Packers…:)