A brief recap: three issues ago, Suzanne encouraged me to ask some deep philosophical questions; two issues ago I declined, but suggested she send some deep philosophical answers, for which I would supply the questions; and last issue she responded with:

"An answer to a philosophical question: It's what everyone agrees upon."

This is too good to be missed. I need to fill in a question to complete the loop, and the question is:

Well, what is the question? Suzanne has craftily devised an answer that won't do for any ordinary question. "Is there a God?" "Will I find happiness?" "What is the meaning of life?" None of these quite fit the designated answer. I'm not sure that I can formulate a decent philosophical question that fits the bill (In fact, the "everyone" clause makes this a deucedly difficult proposition). Can any of you other Archipelagans help out?

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Elsewhere in the same thread, Suzanne makes the mistaken assumption that my parents are actively pressuring me to get married and start a family. On a previous voice card I believe I applied the phrase "uneasy truce" to this subject, and that continues to be an accurate description of the situation. Years ago my mother did literally offer a "reward" to any family member who could get me a (suitable?) girlfriend. I don't believe anyone collected...

As far as I know, that reward offer has expired. But now that I'm unemployed, pressure is suddenly being exerted in a different area: Mom wants me to move back to Seattle. I have one sister in the area, and she's got instructions to find me a job. And last week I got a call from my parents with a hot job lead. This may not sound unusual, but you need to understand that my parents call me about once a year, on my birthday.