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Quote of the Day: Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick What is reality? "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." — Philip K. Dick
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Are Your “Oys” Appropriate? The Many Faces of “Oy” by Mitch Sisskind
"Oy" is one of the greatest words in any language and I've noticed that people of all backgrounds quickly pick it up and start using it. Let's take a look at some situations in…
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The Art of Procrastination (by Nin Andrews)
Oh, favorite of favorites, friend and confidant, I say aloud to the blank page on my desk. (And yes, I do talk to my writing sometimes, or to the person who writes, the one…
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Once and for all: Happy New Year 2017
A New Year card from artist Isabelle Braud which strikes me as wonderful. The legend says something like “On Route 2017”. The afternoon of 3 January, the title of a mail I received was, Pour…
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“your thorns are the best part of you.” Roses Only [poem by Marianne Moore]
You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather than an asset – that in view of the fact that spirit creates form we are justified in supposing that you must…
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“The absurd and the routine”: On Mitch Sisskind’s “Do Not Be a Gentleman When You Say Goodnight” [by Thomas Moody]
Mitch Sisskind’s collection of poems and stories, Do Not Be a Gentleman When You Say Goodnight, is a retrospective of a near fifty-year career of provocative, unnerving, absurd, but most of all, searingly funny…
