Why brush or broom when, with a breeze, you can clear the room? Freeze that sneeze behind your eyes it’s no surprise your head will go boom! A foreign word is what you heard on the train to Marakesh. Don’t fall in to a world of sin, you’ll burn inside your flesh. A gentle nod, …
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Wrongness
Like a toy store with extremely tall shelves. Like a couch with no cushion. Like a gard-dog with no teeth. Like a rich man with no imagination. Like an empty well. Like a mountain bike with only one wheel. Like a talentless pride. Like salsa with no peppers. Like a spider with no venom. Like …
What’s Your Damage?
The phrase, or question, “What’s your damage?” really deserves a revival. Everyone is damaged somehow. Everyone has their pet peeves and their pet biases. I have yet to meet anyone who is perfectly sane. There is a high percentage of people who are fantastic actors though, so we see most people with their sane faces …
Associative Meaning
One fun thing about words is that they can have one meaning by themselves, then a different meaning when combined with another word. Consider the words Wash and Bag. Together they are a wash bag. Simple enough. Separate and alone, they each have a multitude of meanings. A fun and valuable exercise (for your brain), …
An Ocean of Writing
Fly tying. Spell casting. Arm breaking. Cast forming. Writing your name on a friend’s cast would be “cast spelling.” Writing your name under a table would be covert vandalism. Writing your name in the snow is whizzing. Writing your name in a tree is woodcarving. Writing your name in clouds is skywriting. Writing with paper …
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