My wife is philosophically opposed to my habit of justifying things, say a bag of the really good kind… with the phrase: I deserve it
People think artists are painting, dancing, writing, or… when really they’re all whistling past the graveyard
The culture war is a cyber war where you can’t tell that you’re behind enemy lines until you’re compelled to read your lines
Happy me, happy precis: Happy wife, happy life
It’s still wise not to panic but now it’s because you need to keep your powder dry for a moral panic
I can’t just let go of my past I have to lose a tug of war and get third degree rope burns
When Mao said “Everything under heaven is in utt… he went on to kill 60 million of h… When Xi Jinping said “Everything under surveillance is…
The New Revised Standard Version… A frenemy of yours is a frenemy of… whereas the New King James Versi… The frenemy of my frenemy is my fr…
In five big boardrooms on Earth There soon came to be a great mirt… At the growth in net worth That fed on a dearth In all of the people’s self-worth
You’ve always dressed to impress But it’s only since social media That you can use your appearance To exact compulsory service
When they start to call you clear-eyed it just means you’re a cynic whose time has come
I thought I’d flown the co-op by living off the grid And yet I’m still a chicken only now I’m on the skids So I’ve up and joined a commune
Liberalism deepened by religion Religion widened by liberalism Until the body and soul politic Is so deep That it swallows our fears
I’ve wasted most of my life wondering Why do I believe in God? when I should have been asking Why does God believe in me?
Our civilization has gotten around God’s injunction to be our brother… by being our little brother’s book…