Doug and Inspiration

I am a great fan of Douglas Adams, and I find that his works cause me to look at the world in ways I have not even considered before.  Below is an example from "The Salmon of Doubt":

        "For Children: You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It's quite a simple difference, but an important one. Friday comes at the end of the week, whereas a fried egg comes out of a chicken. Like most things, of course, it isn't quite that simple. The fried egg isn't properly a fried egg until it's been put in a frying pan and fried. This is something you wouldn't do to a Friday, of course, though you might do it on a Friday. You can also fry eggs on a Thursday, if you like, or on a cooker. It's all rather complicated, but it makes a kind of sense if you think about it for a while."

        -Douglas Adams

It is not so much that I take direct inspiration from his writing, as it is that I attempt to apply the lessons I learn from his writing (in this case, that we forget the difficulties of understanding the subtleties of communication,) to my view of the world.  I then attempt to show people what I see.  I say attempt because, as in all forms of communication, what I say is not necessarily what another will hear.