virus: FW: my favorite memes

Richard Brodie (RBrodie@brodietech.com)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 15:00:18 -0800


I received a very nice birthday present from Eva:

My Favorite Memes

(to the tune of "My Favorite Things")
a filk by Eva-Lise Carlstrom, M.V.,
for Richard Brodie's birthday, 1997

Recursion, self-reference, and reiteration
Bootstrapping consciousness without Creation
Nothing in this world is quite what it seems
These are a few of my favorite memes

Ideas infect us and we infect others
What we don't get from TV we catch from our mothers
Complexifying to elaborate schemes
These are a few of my favorite memes

You can find happiness, fame, sex, and power
Action with Purpose makes you Man of the Hour
Self-affirmation, fulfilling your dreams
These are a few of my favorite memes

When the angst bites
When the doubts squeeze
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite memes
And then I don't feel...so bad!