When I’m feeling like a crass, trashtalking set of wind-up plastic teeth with an overbite and bad breath, I disappear in the lyrical music of words. When I’m loud in the quiet room and they make more noise in the process of kicking me out, it’s a beautiful contrast. Like golf socks on a water …
Category Archives: humor
Word Traps
There comes a time in every man’s, woman’s, and child’s life when a word gets trapped in the brain. A trick might help get the word out again. But what is the trick? The words that have been stuck in my head lately are Superfluous and Extraneous. It doesn’t help at all that people at …
Nature Keeps You Healthy
There’s a fantastic story of a man who was out biking in Coquitlam, Canada, and while he was riding he met a bear. He couldn’t control his fear. His pedaling went faster than ever. He got himself away from the bear, but he was worried that the encounter may have stressed him too much. When …
Super Secret Messages
Sometimes cyberspace is quietly existing. Other times, it’s a bit more up front and in your face. In this AI-generated image, I asked for “Rice Krispies and the mascots”. The subtle message at the top may be in the style of Kellogg’s. You and I aren’t fooled at all, though. The “mascots” may even be …
Picture of Teacher
When did I last feel this bored? I recall sitting through many government sanctioned lessons, dreading every next minute except the last. As soon as that bell rang I was racing away. Every moment I was there though, I was waiting for something interesting to happen. Art was one outlet. Art was a way to …
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