cuchulain stork daddy is a short and unhappy life better than a long and unhappy life? what if the proportion of happiness to unhappiness stays the same, what if one side wins out...and how would we ever know if we didn't continue to find out? in the old stories...heroes always chose fame over longevity. i guess there is a smugness even as you die in knowing that you died reaching out directly for what you wanted though it blinded and burnt you. by the time the others get there, the brilliance may have vanished, but you set out for the real thing...never just a memory. 030103 what's it to you? who go blather from