through to me that many folks do not
know what the heck I am saying here.  I am not a philosopher,
I do not play one on TV, I did not begin my logic education
with Homer and Lao Tzu, and only recently catch my reading
up as far the 19th Century.  Nor have I always been this
contortured poet-manque* that you read before you today.
I was once as happy as a lark -- no ravens in sight! --
in my nutshell by the seas of Ars Combinatoria, with
the likes of graph, group, logos, and number theory
to while away my da