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The Soulful Quality of Random Tears

We can choose not to have a choice.

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But I did choose to read Pierce McIntyre’s article and here is my response.

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When our eldest was around sixteen his school friends liked to congregate at our place.

There were a few reasons for this, beyond our eldest’s charming personality.

Our place was a big restaurant with a lot of space. It also had a kitchen capable of dispatching tasty treats and there was a well-stocked drinks fridge.

I can’t recall much beyond that, except for two words that were used to describe everything.

Quality!

Everything that was good. “Do you like my new haircut?” “Quality!” This I could wrap my head around.

Random!

Everything that was bad. “Do you like xxx’s new song?” “Nah, totally random!” This I couldn’t quite get.