IS ALL OF LIFE AN OPERA OF SOAP?

YOU HAVE TO ADMIT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE YESTERDAY WHERE A PROFESSOR WITH A PhD in GENETICS SHOT OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS TO DEATH DUE TO BEING DENIED TENURE SOUNDS LIKE A GENERAL HOSPITAL TYPE OF STORY. CERTAINLY DRAMATIC. THE UNIVERSE IS A WHOLE COMPRISED OF THINGS WHICH APPEAR DIFFERENT BUT WHICH ULTIMATELY ARE THE SAME. PERMUTATIONS OF REALITY APPEAR MOST CLEARLY ON OPERAS OF SOAPS WHILE THESE ARE HIDDEN BENEATH A FACADE OF SINCERITY IN THE REST OF THE WORLD. UAH IS THE MOST ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS COLLEGE IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, HOWEVER WHEN I WAS A STUDENT THERE PROFESSORS HAD AFFAIRS WITH THEIR STUDENTS, THE HOCKEY PLAYERS WOULD THROW THEIR GIRLFRIENDS OUT OF THE CAR I N THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHEN THEY WERE MAD AT THEM (WOMEN LOVED THEM, OF COURSE), THERE WERE STUDENTS FROM MYSTERIOUS LANDS, WITH MYSTERIOUS WAYS, INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WHO CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS (THE CHINESE STUDENTS WERE GENERALLY FAR BETTER BEHAVED THAN THE AMERICANS, HOWEVER). DON'T STRESS THE SMALL STUFF IT'S ALL GOOD IN THE LONG RUN. KICK BACK AND WATCH YOUR FAVORITE SOAP BECAUSE IT'S THE REAL THING, BABY. H. BUN