'Course Big Al knows at this time of year PASSION has a very profound meaning for millions of people. Thing he can't figure tho' is why our favorite non-violent civil disobedient J.C.'s SUFFERING of torture and crucifixion would be referred to as the PASSION. SUFFERING is not PASSION, it's [ SUFFERING]. Ya'll [ ITSA STRETCH!] Strong emotion, zeal, and sexual desire are synonymous with PASSION, as are desire, eloquence, emotion, excitement, fervor, interest, love, mania, rage, sacred music, torment, violence, will. . .not SUFFERING. Big Al will tell you what SUFFERING is: she takes her [ Avlimil], he takes his [ Viagra] and they go at it. . .now that's SUFFERING!

PASSION is the stuff of the gods and goddesses. We aspire to it and when very, very lucky experience it. [ Venus], daughter of Zeus and Goddess of Love, had many lovers. . .[ Adonis], [ Mars], [ Vulcan]. She and her son [ Eros] became a metaphor for sexual love.[ Plato] defined Eros (love) as being PASSION aroused by beauty. The planet[ Venus (transitting June 8, 2004)] represents PASSION in the heavens and is woven into the fabric of our speech and culture. [ Mons Veneris (mound of Venus)] is a delicious metaphor and the carnivorous [ Venus Fly Trap] attracts prey with sweet smelling nectar located in deadly jaws. . .[ YA'LL KNOW THAT TRAP OH SO WELL!] Finally, in the words of [ Mr. Donald Trump] from The Art of The Comeback ©1997 "If you don't have PASSION about who you are, about what you are trying to be, about where you are going, you might as well. . . GIVE UP. PASSION IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE, and certainly the essence of success." Whether or not you like [ Mr. Trump's hair], HE OUGHTA KNOW!