October 2006
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An Interesting Statistic
It would make an interesting statistic: how often the existence of commandments is the cause of their being broken. How many offenses are consequences of their penalties. It would be interesting to find out whether more children are defiled because of the age of consent or in spite of it.1 Thus far, this is my [...]
At 25, You Appreciate The Good Sense You Had At 15
Life’s not been good to you. It’s just not fair. You did nothing to deserve it, you did nothing at all. Sit back and watch: it turns from bad to worse. No matter how loud you cry, it always hurts. Boy, I’m glad I’m not in your shoes. How could things get any worse for [...]
To Rage Against The Universe Is Madness
To rage against the universe is madness, though most of those who have not experienced this madness again and again lack depth.1 Some of the wisest words I have ever read, words which show that the author appreciates the deep tension omnipresent in human existence, the knowledge of the necessity of what is not best [...]
What Need One?
Needs are not fixed data but can be created, cultivated, and – though this is much more difficult – diminished and even eliminated.1 Such an incredibly rarely recognized fact about humans. You meet in America perhaps one in a hundred thousand who has ever decided to rid himself of a need. Yet it is this [...]
Antinomian, n.
Antinomian, n. One who obeys no laws, save his own — which he forces upon others with the same brutal intensity with which he breaks through the nets of those rules they seek to throw upon him.
Unprepared For What Is Coming
I suspect that almost no one realizes how radical the ideas put forth in my book are going to be. That this suspicion is likely well-founded says a great deal about my character — and about my disposition to politely put my full character out of sight in public, a habit acquired through many years [...]
The Lack Of Repentance
Passions are only natural. It is the lack of repentance that corrupts.1 The best piece I have found in Joubert thus far, as I make my way through the works of the French aphorists. Joseph Joubert : Notebooks : 1799↩
The Word Of The Day Is “Whoreless”
Last day in this hell. I lay here in mourning. I guess a deathbed’s not so bad when it’s the only bed you’ve had. Well I’ve grown tired of choking sick while you whore around the city. I’m heading back to the city whoreless and happy.1 How little I require for happiness: a quiet day [...]
Surrealism Among The Romans
One of the things I find remarkable about the literate Greeks and Romans is how much less imagination they had than we do. They are always so quick to return to practical reality. One cannot imagine surrealism arising among them: immediately upon being told of it, one imagines a Roman replying, “but who has time [...]
Loyalty, n.
Loyalty, n. The dearest virtue to those who have trouble making friends.