And That Was The Very Moment When the Monster Stepped Into the Room by John J. Marnien Jr

Author:John J. Marnien, Jr. [Marnien, John J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7414-9489-4
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Published: 2011-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Doctor Bramberg’s Falling Out

George Henson had always considered it an unfortunate fact of his life that he had resided in the house next door to Doctor Bramberg. They had both moved into their respective homes almost thirty years ago. Oh, they had always been cordial enough neighbors. They regularly greeted one another perfunctorily whenever they met in the morning. Nevertheless, they had never gotten along.

Of course, Doctor Bramberg wasn’t a medical doctor. He was a Doctor of Science who worked at the University that the little town of Ladysmith had grown up around. Henson had taught at the University for almost as many semesters as Bramberg. Both men remained confirmed bachelors who were completely given over to their work. Under the circumstances you would have thought that they might have been the closest of friends.

The problem was that while Bramberg possessed a scientific degree, George Henson’s degree was a Doctor of Arts. One might not think that minor distinction would make too much of a difference. All the same, to Henson and to Bramberg, the disparity meant that they were worlds apart. Even through they had been next door neighbors for all these years, whenever the two men talked for longer than a few moments, they would get into an argument. They were always having a falling out over one thing or another.

As a man of the arts, Henson tended to look for the beauty in the twist of a phrase, the meter within a verse, the swirl of color in a painting. Beauty and sensual pleasure were the basis of reality. To Henson, that was what life was truly about. Oh, he didn’t mind using the computer, or some other technical gadget, but science and technology had to be kept in their proper place for a person’s perspective to be maintained.

In contrast, Bramberg viewed life and the world as if they were his personal laboratory. If something couldn’t be quantified, verified, dissected and analyzed, then it probably didn’t really matter. His particular field was molecular biological analytics and modification. Henson had no idea what any of that meant.

Henson had tried to demonstrate to his neighbor that science did have a place within the arts. For example, once Henson had advanced the conjecture that most of the poets and composers had been blue-eyed. Now that would be a scientific study that would be worthy of the effort. If you could prove that the color of one’s eyes was a definitive predictor of success or failure in the field of poetry or music, there might be some significant value to your scientific endeavor.

Bramberg flatly dismissed that consideration. He had the audacity to immediately point out a number of composers that he was familiar with who had brown eyes. But then, Henson thought, what did Bramberg really know about the finer things in life? Besides, the blue-eye conjecture would have only been a theory after all.

To Henson’s delight, Bramberg did go away from Ladysmith regularly. Sometimes he would be gone for months at a time to study something or other.

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