Winter On And On
New snow drifting down at dawn- so lovely, unless you must shovel it.
Lingua Fortis
Lingua Latina superstites Caesares sed non Latini.
Liberation
Hemlocks creak under their burden of ice and snow. A soft thump. They’re free.
Thinking Too Precisely
I’m afraid I got lost in my thoughts. I confused all my musts with my oughts. I have to confess That I’ve made a mess Of my assets, break-evens, and naughts.
Jazz Koan
At the Village Vanguard, a quartet of musicians had just played their last set. The listeners had paid their tabs, left generous tips in the jar, and gone home. The waiters were cleaning the tables and mopping the floor, the manager was counting the evening’s take and stashing it in the safe to be taken
Deep Winter
When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nails, And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in the pail; When blood is nipp’d and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl Tu-who; Tu-whit, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. –
Annals Of Inanity
According to Daily Kos (30 Dec.2021), the Fox News audience has been told in no uncertain terms by Neil Cavuto and others that the Covid vaccine is experimental, and might be poison. It symbolizes some New World Order Communist plot to feed your grandmother to Muslims that live in Jewish globalist cages inside China and
Fabulous Lesson
As Biden continues his virtual meetings with Xi to improve relations between the United States and China and make the world a safer and more prosperous place, I hope he remembers the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog. A frog was about to jump into a pond when a scorpion came up to him.
Two Thought Experiments
Drawing water from a dry well. Building a boat out in the desert.
Hilarity
Since life is absurd, it is good to laugh at it for no good reason.