seeking immortality
seeking immortality
i googled
“how to download my self into my pc”
but
most of the results
concerned admin privileges …
Category: Blog
lubricants
Vonnegut, Wampeters, Foma, & Granfalloons, “In a Manner That Must Shame God Himself” Jon Stewart, Colbert, John Oliver, et al …
white rabbit fever
a metaphor for the human condition. …
7 kinds of love
Eros: romantic, passionate love. …
Philia: intimate, authentic friendship. …
Ludus: playful, flirtatious love. …
Storge: unconditional, familial love. …
Philautia: self-love. …
Pragma: committed, companionate love. …
Agápe: empathetic, universal love. …
Nothing is Real – Jenn Zed
one of my imaginary internet friends, Jenn Zed . . . this seems to me an excellent book cover, for …
Jane Hirshfield – O M G
I first met Jane Hirshfield about fifteen years ago, after one of her readings in San Francisco. She reads her …
write less often — NYTIMES
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. That’s the cliché anyway. And, of course, it’s cliché for a reason — a hard-wired, psychological reason known as scarcity.
“The principle of scarcity indicates that people want more of what they can have less of,” said Robert Cialdini, Regents’ professor emeritus of psychology at Arizona State University and author of “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.”
“Things that are rare, scarce, dwindling in availability become more attractive as a consequence of perceived value,” he said. …
what will we have seen with 2020 hindsight?
so many things today ire us & tire us
earthquakes, wars, and now the coronavirus
we fear the world will come to a sorry end
recorded only on papyrus
…
One should not assume that the silent forbearance of his acquaintance admits-to his rectitude
Nomads on the boulevard
can overhear us
shuffling by our coffee klatsch
we stink to them, too
…
and the first one now will later be last
self-adulation seams to be
the same think
coming, good and hard,
a tiny con-
vulsion followed by
a large re-
pity
for the same
self
…