Dis-Appointments

This morning's newspapers brought yet another pustule to the boil (so to speak) as an educational leader in eastern Atlantis was removed pending investigation. Allegedly (and perhaps apparently), he had hired a consultant for his temple to education, and used that consultant, a friend of his, to intimidate the staff (or maybe, they just felt intimidated). It is all murky, as Shakespeare might have said in Macbeth.

I was absolutely entertained. It makes me want to propose that educational leaders in other parts of Atlantis should also be investigated. Should one hire a full-time chauffeur and 'personal assistant' to drive one's golden chariot? Should one hire a retiree at high pay-rates to order food for one's official functions? It is amazing! I should get my list of 'The Top 50 Initiatives of a Creative King of Moral Progress' and send it to the powers on the Beautiful View!

But whatever for? After all, the subtle screw is already at work, ready to pop the cork on the vintage wine that has been fermenting for the last two years. Ah, the sweet fragrance of success! The powers deserve a quality award for all their hard work. They actually have been doing the due diligence.

Rest assured, of course, that I shall never ever seek to be such a leader. I, in keeping with the admonishment to those of Thessaly, seek only to lead a quiet life and not bother with affairs of such great public weight and pressure. But I am amused, entertained, and wholly joyful.