I was still trying to figure out if John Oliver was really going off the air, or it was the end of this season, or we’d just missed the final few minutes of his piece because we have a stupid… Read More ›
God
COVET NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR’S ASS
So there we were in the car driving home. I was mentally shuffling the heap of miscellaneous stuff that passes for my brain and trying to remember all ten of the commandments. Why? Because I thought I should know them. They are supposedly… Read More ›
NOT FINDING ANSWERS, BUT STILL ASKING QUESTIONS
I have not found a religion to follow and it isn’t because I haven’t tried. I have flirted with many, gave a solid try to at least three (formal) religions, though arguably Buddhism is the most informal of formal religions…. Read More ›
IF YOU’LL BELIEVE IN ME
I have an equal number of religious and non-religious (and non- traditional) friends. That probably means I’m doing something right. If you get right down to it, I believe in you. And me. I believe in human intelligence. I believe we… Read More ›
FOUND ON FACEBOOK
Found on Facebook. From The New Yorker, a cartoon from this week’s issue. By Liana Finck. For more humor from the magazine: http://nyr.kr/1qLpw98
I’LL BELIEVE IN YOU IF YOU’LL BELIEVE IN ME
I noticed I have about an equal number of religious and atheist friends. That probably means I’m doing something right. If you get right down to it, I believe in you. And me. I believe in human intelligence. I believe we each… Read More ›
ALL THE ANSWERS YOU’LL EVER NEED
We spend too much time trying to figure out what life means. Why bad stuff happens. Whether or not a malevolent deity has it in for us. It’s normal to wonder if the reason you are sick, broke or miserable… Read More ›
LEDA DOES THE SWAN
Back in my bright college days, I was for the first 2 years, a music major. When my fellow wannabe musicians hung out on the quad on warm sunny days, we would plan projects that were going to make us… Read More ›
Weekly Writing Challenge: Dialogue – Land Mine
“Good morning,” I said. It was going to be a hot, sticky day. I noticed the top of the Dutch door was open. I closed it. “How are you feeling?” I ask. “Okay.” He doesn’t sound okay. He sounds angry. I… Read More ›
Write About Dogs
My favorite cartoon – by George Booth — was originally published in The New Yorker. It shows a man sitting in front of a typewriter. Dogs are everywhere A woman, presumably his wife, watches from the doorway. The caption reads “Write about… Read More ›
I’m not sweet
I can’t help it. I’m not. Sweet, I mean. Stuff about angels and how every cloud has a silver lining makes me ill. I want to scream and throw things. It makes me very angry. I think it’s a big… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: Leave em’ laughing!
There’s no viable alternative to laughter. Drugs, booze, even chocolate … all are nothing in the face of the black comedy of our lives. True there is something to be said for laughing while drinking and eating chocolate, but not… Read More ›
