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Tag Archives: Wisdom
Procreation ― A Position Paper
If it’s not procreation, it’s just masturbation.
Posted in Dirty Words, Expository Writing, Plain English, The Twentieth Man
Tagged Humanity, Life, Logic, Masturbation, Procreation, Truth, Wisdom
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Needs and Desires
Under trying circumstances, I attempted to teach my son things I thought were most valuable about life. I tried to teach him the difference between needs and desires. Granted, he’s handicapped and on welfare, and his basic needs are met. … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Expository Writing, Love, Personal History, Plain English
Tagged Culture, Demigods, Family, Life, Money, Needs and Desires, Parenting, Strangers, Teaching, Wisdom
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Mental Health — A Position Paper
Posted in Christianity, Expository Writing, Plain English, Violence
Tagged Bats, Bela Lugosi, Black & White Movies, Christian, Classic Movies, Crazy, Cross, Culture, Dracula, English Cinema, Fantasy, Hollywood, Horror Movies, Insane Asylums, Mental Health, Movie Quotes, Politics, Presidential Candidate, Psychology, Quotes, Renfield, Superstition, Truth, Vampires, Van Helsing, Wisdom
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The White House Press Corps (Blog Post #647)
Neither President Biden, nor former President Trump, nor their many predecessors, nor any of the other current candidates for President of the United States, knows how to properly deal with the so-called White House Press Corps. I am quite confident … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Churning Lawyers, Expository Writing, Government, Mass Media, Plain English, Politics
Tagged "The United States of America", Election Campaigns, Freedom of the Press, Mass Media, Politics, President Biden, President of The United States, President Trump, Presidential Candidates, The White House Press Corps, Wisdom
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The Investment
It was perhaps a year before he died, during a visit when he was in Assisted Living, that he said to me, out of the blue: “When I die, you get the vest.” I recognized it as a breakthrough on … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Writing, Love, Observations, Personal History, Plain English
Tagged Adult Diapers, Basketball, Basketball Shorts, Belts, Brotherly Love, Brothers, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Culottes, Custom Leg Wraps, Death, Dry up and blow away!, Dry Up!, Edema, Family, Geriatrics, Humanity, Incontinence, Incontinence Briefs, Insulated Vests, Life, Logic, Magic Beans, Nutritional Supplements, Old Age, Old Men, Pharmaceuticals, Rollators, Senior Citizens, set-in blood stains, Sports Fans, Suspenders, T-shirts, V-neck T-shirts, Varicose Veins, Velcro, Walkers, Wheelchairs, Wisdom
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Happiness
Happiness is a State of Mind; and a temporary one. It is as fragile and as ethereal as a soap bubble in a breeze; and can be destroyed just as easily. Happiness is a waking yet dreamlike state (State of … Continue reading
Silly Women
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, … Continue reading
If I had a Daughter
Much of what I’ve written is an incomplete thought. Quite some time ago I wrote a screed excoriating the execrable habit of chewing bubblegum.Why, you may ask, would a man of my advanced years bother to write an essay about … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Writing, For Feminists, Humor, Observations, Plain English
Tagged "My Girl", Anna Chlumsky, Aphorism, Bubblegum, Culture, Daughters, Fairness, Hemorrhaging, Humanity, Hysteria, isness, It's not fair, Jamie Lee Curtis, Menarche, Menstruation, Parenting, Penis Envy, Preadolescence, Sex Education, Sigmund Freud, Sons, Wisdom
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