Have you ever seen your influence upon another and wondered why the brief moment in which you created a character — Peter O’Toole’s Lawrence of Arabia, for instance, “Father of the Sponge” (‘Ab al-‘Isfanjah” (أب الإسفنجة)) — had longer-lasting impact on others than on yourself, a wayward drunk or a drunkard on his way up?

Are local musical acts, such as Mandolin Orange and Snake Oil Medicine Show, more interesting to you than overhyped international pop stars?

Do you find yourself typing the wrong word, “that” instead of “than,” frequently?  Can you trace that habit to your first typing lessons, formal rather than self-taught?

In the transition from one storyline to another, the Committee’s influence changes drastically.

Are you prepared for the change in the influence upon you?

Can you separate fact from fiction, reality from fantasy, storytelling from history?

Let us return to this time period, where our species’ influence upon itself garners the most attention…

History a few thousand or a few million years from now has plenty of time to tell its own story!