Everyone who is anyone knows Homer and loves Homer and invites Homer to perform at their Royal drunken feasts. But I know that Homer is a pain in the ass.
Homer is my master, but we cannot simply have a congenial, professional servant/master relationship, oh no. Because Homer says that he is a ‘people person’ and he apparently wants ‘even his manservant’ to feel ‘involved’ in his ‘art.’
So I must listen to him practice his epic poems over and over again. And I must provide an opinion on the practice because Homer always says, “Your opinion is important to me, Argos!”
And I always reply, “I have no opinion, Sir.”
And he most often says, “You know what they say about opinions, Argos.”
And if he says that, I always reply, “Yes I do, Sir.”
But he will always go ahead and say, “Opinions, like a certain something else, are something which everyone has!” And then he will laugh. (more…)