Logic

  "Sarcasm is a tool of the weak."   I heard that quote for the first time not too long ago, and was somewhat confused by it, I must confess. I didn't understand how the element of humor that I was most fond of could be labeled as some sort of weak vice, as though…

  Few things are as cruel as the complete removal of one's self from the life of someone who values you, in some way. The total shut-down of communication lines, company, and consideration. To willfully turn someone's entire role in your life into a burnt memory; leaving nothing but a brittl...

Whenever I look at someone, I generally associate them with one particular system of the body or another...whichever seems to represent them, wholly, the best. I've decided to list the the most common systems, in order of least favorable to most, and accompany them with examples and a brief descr...

I should preface this with the acknowledgement that I am somewhat old fashioned in my views regarding gender roles, and tend to treat most women more as cherished objects than as equals. I retain a set of convictions based on pattern analysis behind this behavior, but despite the apparent chauvin...

  It's strange how two similar personal attributes can have such a wide margin between them regarding how they are received by surrounding individuals. Confidence is universally accepted as one of the premiere attributes to possess, yet vanity is universally accepted as one of the most loath...

  It is important to remember that although one's shames or shortcomings have a detrimental effect to one's ego, and overall enjoyment, that they serve a hidden purpose. Were we the perfected versions of ourselves that we would prefer, without any semblance of inadequacy or humility, we woul...

  "Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. Wretched is he who looks back upon lone hours in vast and dismal chambers with brown hangings and maddening rows of antique books, or upon awed watches in twilight groves of grotesque, gigantic, and vine-enc...

Due to negligent oversight, a young parakeet escaped it's cage (and the resident cat), by darting through an open window and rising high into the afternoon sky for the first time in it's life. Below, it's former owner winked and yelled through the window, rubber gloves still on, rag still in hand...

  When Jesus said do unto others, as you would have them do unto you, it wasn't advice. It was a factual and universal statement regarding the way people treat one another...or at least you should assume so, if you want to avoid being unfairly treated like dirt. The advice requires a return ...

  Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go, ain't nobody knows...   Bid my buddies good day and watched…