I want to share with everyone a passage from the opening of the movie The Gods Must be Crazy. This silly 1980s movie provides a very oversimplified, idealized image of African Bushmen, but at the same time gets its label of modern westernized man spot-on. This excerpt from the film's…
Does anyone really know the answer? Ever? That's the point of this excerpt from a short essay by novelist Harlan Ellison: . . . [My] fourth marriage just sort of happened: It seemed like a good idea at the time. In fact—and this is the core of all my wisdom about…
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams (1952…
Today, I find myself wondering how many more bars of soap I will buy before I die. How many more bars of soap will I buy ever? What brought this on? I recently went to Costco. I needed soap and Costco sells big packs of soap at a good price. …
Yesterday, I saw the following quote on a t-shirt in a little souvineer shop in Hannibal, Missouri: A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. This quote uses a formula that could work for many other verbs, too. Instead of "read," you can substitute "think,"…