An interesting tale that collapses under its own whimsical weight, “The Good Times Expressâ€ keeps the listener wondering to the bitter end. The provender of a crab apple?. Neglecting here to prune beyond the teeniest tendrils of meaning, substance and consistency, the tale grows wild. What sustains us is the mystery. Our imagination is nourished with the hope (expectation) of deriving some order from this tale. Just what is developing here? At root, in the end, we discover, and this is most pervasive since it is discovered and not told, (or is it?) that men and women will do what the want and be blinded by it. Did not Polly-2, Meliphisant, deny the oncoming ugliness of WW2 for the sake of living out her Shangri-La fantasy of 1937? Did not Max 2, the historian, focalize the greatest meaning to American history as a disgruntled citizen and historian? I do not begrudge the characters their decisions….in fact they make sense for what we know of them. However, our scientifically minded physicist entertains a fantasy that can not hold up to the barest of inspection. Surely he has a more fertile mind! This is manifest whether or not one takes the Adam and Eve-Garden of Eden scenario as fact or myth. In either case the story becomes unsustainable. If one does not take credence with the tale, the significance and relevance here in our story suffers because after all…it is just a myth. Contrary, if the tale of the Garden of Eden is to be accepted wholly, as by our Calvin Smith, then we must ask: Knowing that all ( or at least most) knowledge will be absent when existing pre-gnash, how in the world can our protagonist not understand, especially AS A SCIENTIST that the acquisition of knowledge is an inalienable human characteristic. A structure of human anatomy…the frontal lobe, is blatant enough for physical evidence…the fact that we have acquired knowledge historically, and feel it’s lure as individuals whom may and probably are not even scientists…So, this leaves this listener with the above stated conclusion that people will do and believe what they want, despite the evidence. Surely, Calvin Smith here was making an emotional decision, that is what he wanted, for an intellectual perspective can not rationalize his behavior. I do not infer here that the author intended this meaning consciously…though it is possible.