Gaining Anonymity

6 December 2003

Drawing Hands by M. C. EscherIf you never do anything in the first place, you can pretty much remain anonymous. If you accomplish a little something, you’ll get your fifteen minutes of fame.

If you become a hero of sorts, anonymity flies out the window and it’s as if you have to do less to reclaim it. There are times when even that approach will not free the real celebrity from those who prefer to view achievers rather than achieve.

I don’t read comic strips. Oh, I read the occasional Far Side, BC or Peanuts, and of course Dilbert, but a daily read of the comic strips wasn’t and isn’t in my regimen. However, via Jay Allen’s site, we get a pointer to a story about the creator of a strip called Calvin & Hobbes. His name is Bill Watterson. The story is well worth your time.

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