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If at first… #1linerweds

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.’ — W.C. Fields The definition of insanity,according to Einstein, is doing the same thing and expecting...

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There’s many a chop ‘tween the sloth and the broth

  I suddenly thought. The world needs a new adage. All the adages are old and that is not acceptable to me. Nor should it be to anyone. Favorite adage   I thought of a few of my favorites.   there’s...

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Making mistakes – Hoisted by my own petard 1 linerweds

  There is no good or bad but thinking makes it so,Horatio Shakespeare   Ever made any mistakes? I didn’t think so. I expect nothing less from my readers. Faultless human beings. Myself,however, I am...

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Ememe – a neologism to describe differences in communication

“Ememe /i:mi:m/ 1. A method of communicating emotional content, usually occurring simultaneously with, yet distinct from and unrelated to, spoken or signed language. 2. The emotional content...

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I’m just waiting for my wife

I got parked early at the hospital,which was unusual and headed straight in. The nurses and hospital staff take up most of the spaces. The further you walk into the belly of the beast, its more a...

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The halo effect and Anthony Hopkins #1liner weds

  You know, I meet young people, and they want to act and they want to be famous, and I tell them, when you get to the top of the tree, there’s nothing up there. Most of this is nonsense, most of this...

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Follow the unfortunate #1linerweds

  Follow the unfortunate : They have more to teach you and you can laugh at them to make yourself feel better. This is pure Schadenfreude. From the German for sausage-stealer. To steal someone’s...

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Thoughts are our tools #1linerweds

I wondered how many of us are in thrall to our thoughts. Scared of them, scared of their power. How they wrap up in our emotions and give them powerful form. I thought I would go into a little more...

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Exposure on a night out

Feeling a bit unwell after a night out. My significant other said : “It wouldn’t surprise me if we caught something from the other night. We don’t get much exposure these days.” “Ah, The diseased...

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Life is treasuring small victories while …

Slow Defeat Who doesn’t want to enjoy the slow defeats within  a long life? Let death claim its single  victory, while we take a thousand dances under the bright sun of delusion. Each moment another...

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