need for speed
Reading is believing… I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was...
Category Archives: language & literature
what?
(q-tip waxes philosophic, as lord of the tribe…) — abbridged What is...
the madman
(Few have understood the Middle East and it’s people like Lebanese-born poet and scholar,...
the mating game
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things…†– Lewis...
fine print
(the following prose figures prominantly at the end of every nortel press release. caveat...
cat people
(“Everything stinks till it’s finished,” Dr. Seuss once said, long before the enlightened age...
counting sheep
“How much?” “A lot,” she replies. “Generic answer” he says, as he heads down...
a writer’s struggle
one word: distraction. three times a second. everywhere. and all of them, in some...
mean streets
Park Avenue, the Champs d’Elysee, Memory Lane. No matter the urban moniker, the basic...
amor escrito
One day, many years after the rise of modern man, life suddenly decided that...
a call to arms
the rational post wants YOU! (insert uncle sam’s best conscription imagery HERE) that’s right!...
a hero’s rank
(another piece of early creative writing, first conceived during the intensely productive summer of...
de gustibus
(The following is an exerpt from a book I started to write in the...
freaky friday
So another Friday the 13th has come and gone, and as the superstitious among...
persona non grata
(the third in a series on the rights of the individual, this article examines...
slippery slopes
(the second in a series of early university papers on ethics, this article once...
the trolley problem
(the first in a series of early university papers on ethics, i originally wrote...
future topics
“universal darwinism” – life, evolved “green eggs and ham” – dr. seuss, sesame street,...
ground zero
so here it is. my inaugural attempt at self-publishing. i’ve never much liked an...
notable quotables
Einstein described relativity this way: “Put your hand on a hot stove for a...