Small Wonder
It is so wonderful when a single small action tells so much about a person’s character: the way a person moves in the subway when seeing another person move to find a seat can say volumes about a person. Yet one goes on hearing so much talk about how one does not know a person [...]
A New Year’s Project
This song still can bring tears to my eyes — and that makes me very happy. Your hands didn’t move, but neither did mine: New Year’s will bring. So much to say, but nothing comes out right — both of us left without words, both of us lost in this world. It’s softer than ever [...]
O, Imagination
You know what sucks? Reading lyrics and finding that what you’ve thought you’ve been hearing for so long is not the actual lyrics — and the actual lyrics are much worse than your imagined version.
Type 1: The Freedthinker
Let’s start to introduce a modern typology of human beings. We’ll begin with the type I’ll hereafter call the freedthinker. The freedthinker is distinguished by several simple features: first, above average intelligence being utterly wasted and going without proper training (hence, frequently, the freedthinker is found among the mass of Masters and Doctoral students in [...]
Enseamèd Bed
Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamèd bed, Stewed in corruption, honeying and making love Over the nasty sty–1 God, what a beautiful passage. The words drip with rage as if the speaker were spitting on his hearer with his words. William Shakespeare : Hamlet : 3.4.92-95↩
Girlfriend Application
One sees so many boyfriend applications, I thought I would add one of my own. A prospective girlfriend should 1. Revere Shai Hulud. 2. Regard all forms of selfishness as utterly evil. 3. Be capable of winning a duel. In short, my preferred applicants would be Fremen. I do also like Caladanian girls though.
Words Without Thoughts
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thought never to heaven go.1 William Shakespeare : Hamlet : ↩