I realized long ago that, when faced with a conundrum, it should be among your first responses to “Humbly Petition the Monks.”

The responses you might get might be terse, sarcastic, Zen, or (rolling my eyes now...) “very long-winded,” but they’re going to be experience and perhaps they will turn out to be the very thing that makes your cube fill-up with light bulbs.

Many thanks to my fellow Monks for all the light bulbs they have given me over these many years.   I have no idea if I have actually returned the favor.   (I hope so.)