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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

When the Playbook Goes Paperless

The old playbook
was all about
helping you know
the right time
to go for it
 
The new playbook
is a complex scheme
to prevent you from knowing
you’ve already
fallen for it

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
If I’m Wrong About This, Then I Will Never Be Right

You bet your bottom dollar I’ll bet the bottom of my heart
Snails Have but One Foot

Entire lives can be lived waiting for the other shoe to drop although often this just means you’re being crushed at a snail’s…
I Can See What Went Wrong and I Know Who to Blame

Let there be light blight and hindsight
“Underachievers Please Try Harder”

As a child Whenever I played Ms. Pac Man On my Atari 2600 I dialed the settings down From four ghosts to one
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Your Poems Are So Bad, and Their Proportions Are So Small

Do I still get credit For ignoring the critics If they are just the voices in my…
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s First Name Means “Famous Warrior”, His Last Name Means “Stone of Wit”, and, Famously, He Showed Us That Our Real Battle Is Not to Outwit Ourselves

Per Wittgenstein Words only gain meaning through th… And they are always used in the co… Of the game being played in the mo… So, when we use words
I’m Not Unhappy

Negative theology collapsed when it became apparent God was sanguine
The Will to Power Is Afraid of the Will to Risk

In granting us free will God took the greatest of risks God also made us in His image God risked it all on us Risking it all on Him
Imagining Hell Is as Simple as Forgetting the Past in Order to Wipe Away the Future

Pressed on their oft explicit Sometimes implicit goal Of driving all of Israel’s Jews Into the sea, Western antisemites insist
Gloom Then Doom

Social media came for our teenage… and unable to organize their inner… they turned their aggression inwar… Now AI is coming for our teenage… and unable to impact the external…
“For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow”

Were I not happily married to my Jewish bride I would have happily lived out the rest of my days none the wiser
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

For every deep dive into the data there’s a data analyst with the be…
“Echo Base. This is Rogue Two. I’ve found them. Repeat, I’ve found them.”

When I risk loss for those who are lost only then shall we both be found
Haiku

We’ve taken the last ember in the ashes for a glimmer of hope
We Have Yet to Grasp That Round Really Is Funny

On a sphere If you drill down far enough Eventually you will find yourself Drilling up to the surface So, while we may never get to the…



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