"There's no passion, I need passion
You need passion, We need passion
Can't live without passion. . ."

Lyrics from Passion © Rod Stewart 1980

'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!

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