oedipus no more

the greeks sought fit to outfit all their really good tragic heros with the flaw of hubris. excessive pride. and i'm pretty sure the other book, you know, the one from hotels? warns sternly about how 'great pride goeth before a fall.'

and then you have gary coleman. at one point, mid-seventies, he was aflush with pride. rolling in cash. giving it but good to the ladies (i'm not sure about that one) but then, the intervening years. the cartoonish 'cameos' on bad shows. the stint as a securty guard. the failed bid for governor. his pride has been chipped away to the point where it don't even enter the picture.

gary coleman has entered some kind of zen like, pride free zone. he openly does commercials about how he 'used to make millions of dollars' but that recently he found himself in 'a bit of financial trouble' and turned to cash quick for help. they wired 3,000 to his bank account. THE NEXT DAY. he urges us to do the same.

gary ain't gonna be gouging out his eyes with a brooche anytime soon. no, gary's just happy to make a buck and maybe help out the rest of us with some sound finanancial advice.

lesson learned. free self from pride. live happily in shame.