I got a chance to watch an episode of Taxi<\/a> tonight. It has been a long time since I got a chance to see one all the way through. it was episode 25 by many lists and here is the synopsis…<\/p>\n
25 – Louie and the Nice Girl<\/b><\/p>\n
Zena, who refills the vending machines at the garage, reveals a desire to go out with Louie because she is intrigued by men with power. Alex helps to fix Louie up with Zena and soon they are seeing each other regularly. Louie claims that he and Zena have a great sex life but Zena confides to Alex that Louie hasn’t even made a pass at her. Guest star: Rhea Perlman, in her first appearance on this series.” – episodes page of synopsis <\/a><\/p>\n
* it’s worth noting that other lists<\/a> show it as episode 23. It first aired on 09\/11\/1979, 22 years before the terrorist attack that became known as “9-11”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“<\/em>33 –<\/em> Elaine’s Secret Admirer <\/b><\/p>\n
Elaine begins receiving anonymous love poems which she finds very romantic. Jim confesses to Alex that he is the one responsible for writing the poetry. Guest star: Michael Delano, from the series “Rhoda.” –\u00a0 – episodes page of synopsis <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Funny, it looks so simple up there… and in searching the web (quickly I might add, so I might have missed it) I don’t see a more in depth description than that. Odd. Sad. Nice. It makes it special somehow, like it was just for me. note: it turns out at least K-man has seen it<\/a>, but don’t go yet, you’ll spoil the surprise \ud83d\ude09<\/i><\/p>\n
It goes like this… after Jim<\/a> reveals that he is the one writing these notes for Elaine<\/a> she is crushed. She confesses to Jim that for a little while he had made her believe that anything was possible, princes and romance. For a time she says, she believed in Castles. She tells him that now she knows there is no such thing… that happy endings and romance is dead.<\/p>\n
There are no Castles, she says.<\/p>\n
That episode, sometimes listed<\/a> as episode #35, was aired on 12\/04\/1979. I was thirteen years old and here I was, wondering if I would become as good a man as a drug addled fictional taxi driver.<\/b> I’ll tell you this, if I am not yet I will be.<\/p>\n
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- Honor<\/li>\n
- Devotion<\/li>\n
- Discipline<\/li>\n
- Strength<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
These I understand. Love I feel as well deeply, but I don’t claim it’s understanding. Grand dreams I also hold, though they are far from gentle ones.<\/p>\n
And yet every true warrior I know understands that in the end he exists for the purpose of providing a place for the flourishing of things he himself cannot understand, or cannot afford to delve too deeply in. Soldiers fight to protect freedom for example but those who dedicate their lives to that protection often live lives with very little of it.<\/p>\n
I guess what I am trying to say is this. I can’t do justice to the dream of a Castle the way Elaine saw it. But I know enough to know that those who can are precious, and that it is well worth my time and effort to protect them and nurture that belief. We don’t live in a world of Elaines’ castles, but I can use my power to create a place where someone else might dream those dreams.<\/p>\n
Maybe I do that.\u00a0 I hope I do…because I know a couple of girls who are special like that, and they are counting on me being at least half the man I think I am.<\/p>\n
Such thoughts are a deep part of the American culture. We have had our warriors in the past, and we have them today. I knew several when I was in the military. For every 20 who served to make some money and get some training there were those who were there to take their turn walking the walls… because it wasn’t within them to not<\/i> take that turn.<\/p>\n
*sigh* I doubt I got my point across. But that’s the best I can do tonight. And if you are reading this from someplace while it is your turn on patrol, thank you.<\/p>\n
Night!<\/p>\n
note: yes, all this from an episode of Taxi. Maybe I am a philosopher at heart \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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