Ford Prefect Speaks

Despite his nearly certain status of non-existence, some notes of Ford Prefect were transcribed in a fit of automatic writing.

Apparently, these notes are meant for people who are not surprised that a computer would come up with forty two when it multiplies six by nine.

What I’ll do here is to list them in this post, and ensuing posts will suggest illuminating commentary.

First off, in his Orthodox Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galactic Future: Love your neighborhood Muslim, and even the one around the world. The Muslims are not the Vogons.

Second off: Beware the message of the Golgafrinchams, errrr, ahem, the people who would like to de-capitalize the first letter of Orthodoxy. They want only five centuries, a deconstructed text, and the lowest common denominator.

Third: Beware, too, the Azgoths of Kria, whose bad poetry is now being passed off as mainline theology. You know, where reality is transmogrified into psychotic metaphor and corn-god agricultural ritual … where dogma of Trinity and Incarnation are exchanged for liberation, consciousness-raising, and ethics. Be aware that the Azgoths are particularly fond of Ethics, since they are allergic to Canon.

Fourth: Watch out for the mice. Their pets --Dawkins, Dennett and other biologians – are doing a-maze-ing things in the lab. Love them, too. Feed them.

Well, that’s cryptic, no? Just like the last Scrabble scene. So stay tuned.