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"But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most, our one fellow and brother who most needed a friend yet had not a single one, the one sinner among us all who had the highest and clearest right to every Christian's daily and nightly prayers, for the plain and unassailable reason that his was the first and greatest need, he being among sinners the supremest?"
- Mark Twain's Autobiography
- Mark Twain's Autobiography
Being Funny
Being funny isn't a matter of being clever, or a recitation of wordplay. "Funny" is a way of viewing reality itself. Something is funny when it is unexpected, when you look into the mirror of the world just so and perceive a distorted reflection of what you meant to see.
People look at the 21st century, the grimdark, the endless war, and don't think they see anything funny. Their faces set in the mask of a frown. They cannot perceive that it needs no punchline, because it serves by existing as its own punchline, the same as any other form of humor. They cannot see.
But I do see. I look at their frowning masks from the other direction, and t
In Memory of Robin Williams
I grew up with this man's films and I think a lot of us wanted to see him again. He brought smiles to so many people's faces and I thought his recent slump was something of a hiatus. The last thing I remember him for was the Legend of Zelda commercials a few years back, and even that was a magical experience. It's hard to see him go like this.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/actor-robin-williams-dead-63/story?id=24937522
Maybe I'll try this before I kill myself.
"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it's to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential-as if a job title and salary are the sole me
State of Affairs
I've lost hope that anyone will care. Rules have replaced judgement. A limited perception clouds greater curiosity. No one cares about something extraordinary unless it affects their personal routine. Wherever I go, I find the same thing. I've sought a place where the extraordinary doesn't have to bother anyone. Where I am no longer perplexed and disappointed. I have found my own demise.
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"So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste."
- Rolling Stones, "Sympathy for the Devil"
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste."
- Rolling Stones, "Sympathy for the Devil"