on the curve

[bowerbird]

john macfarlane said:
>   When you try to fit a curve to a bunch of data points
>   (which is what writing more precise rules for Markdown involves),
>   the best fitting curve will probably not pass through all of the 
points.

you have shown a great ability to fit a curve to some disjointed points,
befitting the mental gymnastic flexibilities of a professor of 
philosophy.

now wipe that clean and do it again, with the object of plotting a curve
which is _simple_, and beautiful, and lean, and elegant, and graceful.

-bowerbird