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Friday, November 08, 2024

Author and finisher (Lincoln)

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected?  I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us.  It cannot come from abroad.  If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.  As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address

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Little problem

I have little problem with any sin lacking in cruelty.

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Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Never

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

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Circus

When a clown moves into a palace, he does not become king. The palace becomes a circus.

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Tuesday, November 05, 2024

This is it.


VOTE!

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New poems

+30

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Monday, November 04, 2024

On magical thinking

I've started to use the analogy that magical thinking is like drunk driving. The person who engages in magical thinking says things like, "I'm perfectly capable of handling my liquor," "it makes me happy and doesn't hurt anyone," and "why do you have to be so rigid?"

Meanwhile, the rest of us suffer for their intellectual irresponsibility.

paxinfernum, on reddit

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Sunday, November 03, 2024

The one thing

The one thing money can't shield you from is the knowledge of what you had to do to get it.

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Saturday, November 02, 2024

New poems

+15

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Friday, November 01, 2024

On poetry

Poetry:  brilliant writing by unhappy people.

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

To wish

To wish that one had done differently is to wish that one had been different.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

We never asked

We never asked if we should ask if we should.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

New poems

+30

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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Maybe

We evolved to see Yes and No, but everything is Maybe.

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

New poems

+15

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Friday, October 25, 2024

The shenanigans

I am opposed to those who would eliminate the shenanigans.

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Wealth

Treasure is for the youth; the mature won't settle for anything less than wealth.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

If we didn't die

If we didn't die, how soon we would become occluded.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

New poems

+15

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Monday, October 21, 2024

With poetry

I have metastasized with poetry.

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