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Also, and I know this is a old post so no worries if no one else sees this. But I have to memorialize this song as my second favorite James Taylor song. My mother's friend made a cool wall hanger for her with the lyrics, and I still have it hanging on my wall 50+ years later. My mom and her are still friends, and at some point I'm going to bring this sucker out and have a cry-fest with them.

Edit: words are hard

For just a bit more pedantry...

Ackshullay, everyone who goes to Purgatory eventually will get to Heaven. They did not commit any mortal sins during life that would send them straight to Hell, and just have to work off the venal sins they committed before going to Heaven. Dante characterized Purgatory as a mountain, where you start at the level of your worst venal sin, and you have to do whatever punishment on that level for an amount of time that purifies you of that sin, then you go up to the level of the next worse sin and do that for however long. You continue climbing the mountain until you reach the top, called Earthly Paradise, where the river Lethe runs. You drink from the river Lethe and forget about all that punishment, then go through a ring of fire that further purifies you, THEN you get to go to the level of Heaven that your greatest deed has made you eligible for.

Sooo, really Purgatory doesn't really work any better than limbo would. Really, no place in the afterlife as conceived by the old Church would really be appropriate for the meme.

Here's an overview of Dante's conception of the universe.

Here are the levels of Purgatory

Wow, I deeply appreciate you saying so. Thank you for being a good person, and rock on with your bad self. You have made my day, and I know you can do the same for others!

What a great, useful way to estimate the conversion; especially for someone who is as bad at math as I am. Thank you!

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

This man dares to eat a peach.

And Cyclops acts like the fact lasers come out of his eye IS trauma.

Please tell me this is what happened to Walt Disney.

One of the few reasons I will stop a class is if someone is precariously leaning back in a chair. An image of them falling and cracking their skull open on my classroom floor floods my brain, and I cannot keep teaching.

Maybe if they got really good at Queen or Elton John songs the British might rally? However, the gayness of these awesome performers may be a requirement. Not all Queens are gay?

Just imagine it a moment: King Charles performing Freddy Mercury at Live Aid, back in the stadium, one night only. Then he fades to black.

Did you meet the man of your dreams, and then meet his beautiful wife? little bitter giggle

No... Please... This can not exist. Why???

Please stop in the name of sanity!

It was terrible, and you made it worse. Thank you.

Cut back to outside of toilet, where blood seeps from under the door.

You have put it in the perfect words. Thank you.

This is the absolute best gift you can give a teacher, to come back and say to us, "You made a difference; I remember you."

We don't get to know if we really did anything unless this happens.

Source: watching my mum as a 40+ year teacher and my own 10+ years in the profession.

ETA: Space I could not live with.

Please, does someone have a high resolution version of this? I would like to make it a poster in my classroom.

Edit: I work at a private, Catholic high school.

Back at you, Dave. I appreciate you and this post.