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Ad Absurdum: The fish that swam upside-down
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Sunday, November 02, 2014. The fish that swam upside-down. There was once a fish in my grandma's tank,. Who always swam upside-down;. For a while, if I'm completely frank,. I thought he was trying to be a clown. But then with each passing week,. I watched him struggle to stay up straight;. I imagined him feeing like a freak,. In his little corner, far from his mates. Over time, it seemed he'd accepted his lot,. But there was often nothing left.
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Ad Absurdum: Baguette Man
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Wednesday, February 04, 2015. While I didn't mind at first, I couldn't help but get a little annoyed as time went on. It wasn't really because he was buying up the lot, because there would always be a couple more left, but because he seemed to be picking up all the baguettes with the best fillings, and regularly buying three. Three? What kind of person eats three baguettes at three-thirty? I guess I still have so much more to learn.
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Ad Absurdum
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Friday, May 15, 2015. When they pick through the rubble, of another unexplained crash,. They won't know I was a writer, or that I listened to The Clash,. They'll gather up what remains, and dust off all the ash,. And they will identify me by my shoes. Everything I'd ever done, and all that was left to do,. That brilliant unfinished novel, or that masterpiece I drew,. All those battles won and lost- they wouldn't have a clue,. Not a Nike advert.
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Ad Absurdum
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Wednesday, January 07, 2015. You know, it just occurred to me that I never wished you a happy new year. Lord knows I wished almost everyone else- and some even more than once. It's been an interesting few years since that giddy afternoon in Feb nearly five years ago, hasn't it? So, Dylan, here's to you and me and 2015. The road awaits. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Solitary Oyster headed west from India and has now spent the last six ye...
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Ad Absurdum: An early-afternoon deconstruction of 'On Top of the World' by Imagine Dragons. Just, you know, because...
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. An early-afternoon deconstruction of 'On Top of the World' by Imagine Dragons. Just, you know, because. There are certain songs that enter your head and then end up staying for much longer than you expect, and when that happens it's often worth trying to understand why because it sometimes helps explain your innermost desires, the stage of life you're at, and where you fit into the larger, cosmic scheme of things.
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Ad Absurdum
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Monday, October 20, 2014. It was, in a sense, an end of innocence. A severing of admittedly tenuous ties; a snapping of invisible threads. When the threads are invisible to start with, how do you even know when they break? He didn't know. All he knew was something had changed. And now everything was different. Tap, tap, tap. you rub your eyes and hope it's a dream but it's not. This time it's for real. Tap, tap, tap. What do you do? You cling...
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Ad Absurdum: Remember the Sherpas
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Friday, May 15, 2015. I recently met someone who had just returned from a trip to the Himalayas where she made it up to Everest base camp. I heard her tell the story of her journey and the Sherpa who accompanied her up the mountain. She spoke of how he was kind and knowledgeable and helpful, and invited her into his little home to meet his family and share their food. I thought back to when I first read about (Sir) Edmund Hillary and Sherpa T...
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Ad Absurdum: A 21st Century Christmas
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Sunday, December 28, 2014. A 21st Century Christmas. Away in a manger,. No crib for his bed;. The little Lord Jesus,. Missiles in the night sky,. Rain down where he lay;. The rebels are gaining, but-. He decides to stay. The cattle are glowing,. From eating toxic waste;. But the little Lord Jesus,. No crying he makes. I love thee Lord Jesus,. Look down from the sky,. And be my protection,. Till the firing subsides. Bless all the dear children,.
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Ad Absurdum: Return to Sender
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Sunday, February 22, 2015. When I was younger, I regarded growing older (and eventually dying- even though I hadn't fully comprehended the concept back then) as a gradual but very specific process. It involved going to a specific place which, at least to my very specific ten-year-old mind, was like an enormous library, and on each trip returning something. What would go in the boxes? So why am I talking about all this now? It's because my 97-...
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Ad Absurdum
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Blessed are the cracked, for it is they that let in the light. Wednesday, January 07, 2015. Oh no, what's this? A spider web and I'm caught in the middle. So I turn to run,. And thought of all the stupid things I'd done. And I never meant to cause you trouble. And I never meant to do you wrong. And I well if I ever caused you trouble,. Oh no, I never meant to do you harm. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Subscribe in a reader. Some time ago, I came across a quote that went mor.
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