Friday, August 1, 2008

The Serendipity of Gmail

From an email in which a friend wrote, "Not too serious. What happened the other night. Did you fall in love?" we see the gmail ad:

Make Anyone Fall In Love?
- GetYourExBackNow.com -
Instant Relief From Break Up Pain & Fastest Plan To Get Your Ex Back

Not only is the question mark fortuitously placed in this ad, but really, isn't the fact of love that it can't be forced? And isn't it that if it were forced, we wouldn't even want it? This is what drives me crazy about people who approach falling in love like a finding a career (I met one in my travels). A defining feature of love is surprise. The surprise ought to be embraced and not avoided.

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