No Matter How Thin You Slice It

And During My College, At The End Of The Junior Year I Worked In A Mine.

Many Of The Younger Generation Know My Name In A Vague Way And Connect It With Grotesque Inventions, But Don't Believe That I Ever Existed As A Person. They Think I'm A Nonperson, Just A Name That Signifies A Tangled Web Of Pipes Or Wires Or Strings That Suggest Machinery. My Name To Them Is Like A Spiral Staircase, Veal Cutlets, Barber's Itch — Terms That Give You An Immediate Picture Of What They Mean.

And, Uh, I Did That, And There Was Nothing More Ridiculous To Me Than Finding The Weight Of The Earth Because I Didn't Care How Much The Earth Weighed.

I Wonder How Anybody Can Think His Personality Changes With His Success. I've Had Quite A Bit Of Success But I Feel That I'm Just The Same Person As I Always Was.

Uh, I Just Had An Operation Last March Which Was Rather Serious And I'm Recuperating Now. I'm On A Very Bland Diet. But, Uh, I'm Lucky, I Was Just Lucky, That's All.