Le maudit Mo D.

trajectory

I got the new issue of Poets and Writers magazine today. Nearly every author profiled in this issue went to Harvard, then medical school, then decided somewhere in the middle of medical school that writing, not medicine, was their life's calling. They all went to Iowa and became successful writers of the reflective sort.

Hmmm. Let's break this down:

1) Only high achievers get into Harvard.
2) Only high achievers get into med school.
3) It is easier to get into med school than Iowa W.W., so we must infer that all who get into Iowa are high achievers.
4) People who get into Harvard and medical school are generally literate and intelligent people.
5) High achievement + literacy + intelligence = published author

I just bought my ticket for the Smith leadership weekend in September. I feel like the under-$300 plane ticket is becoming a thing of the past. For some odd reason, a ticket to BDL can be found rather cheap. I got one for $250, so I pounced on it (even though I will be reimbursed for it later).