Certainty

there are two types of people in this world. people who believe there are two types of people in this world and people who don’t (perhaps you could argue for a third type — people who don’t care whether or not there are two types of people…but i think if pressed these people would eventually fall into one of the two aforementioned categories).

this is pretty much the only certainty i have been able to definitively reach in the now fastly approaching end to my 27th year (tuesday the 23rd, for all those potential well-wishers who might have forgotten).

everything else is still tbd.

some people will tell you that the only certainty in life is death and taxes. this is not only not a certainty, it’s a cliche, but it is also (as far as my logic goes) false.

as far as we know death is certain, but this is only because as of yet every person ever born has died. this isn’t to say that at some point someone might not die, or that science may discover a way to “cure” death. it just hasn’t happened yet. but who knows what the future may hold.

taxes on the other hand are something that everyone is subject to, and that most people pay (not always happily), but certainly not something that everyone pays.

take for example ed brown.

ed recently was found guilty of tax evasion and is now currently holed up with armed supporters in his fortress like new hampshire home (sigh, i’m really looking forward to seeing this one play out).

it’s people like ed who keep the the wheels of this blog turning, and who help further my certainty of the above mentioned statement (and coincidentally, i would guess that ed would fall under that category of people who do believe there are two types of people in the word — people who unquestioningly pay their taxes, and people who don’t).

so keep up the good work ed (and by good work i don’t mean tax evasion, rather just keeping us regular folk on our toes), the world of uncertainties is counting on you.