dennis scharnberg

Boredom:  the inevitable consequence of the farewell to judgment.

Callista Ralph,  Alphabet Soup.

“We are taught to doubt.”  No, you are taught to play at doubt.  To engage in the theater of doubt.  But this “doubt” in no way precludes going out for pizza with your chums.

Sloane Daniels,  The Ways of Undoing.

The truth is that we are ignorant in most things.  Beware, citizen, of those who claim to offer information.

Cooper W. Barthelme,  A Systems Approach to Advice.

Uncertainty is a form of bliss.  We serve it up to ourselves.

Titus Musgrave,  The Enigma of the Box.

Once a year, formulate a list of mistakes that you have made.  Be thorough.

Nicholas James Barnarby, ed.,  Dr. Sonderborg’s Book of DOs and DON’Ts.

“Hysteria” or “Wisteria”—which do you prefer?

Charles Pfanning,  Mild Interrogations.

No one today wants to listen, or to find out.  Everyone already knows.  Besides, there is no way to “find out”.

Mills Verbruggen,  The Isle of Dogs.

“What’s the matter?” asked Gwendolyn.  “Matter,” said Ruth.

Philip Cavendish,  Tilly’s Treasury of Colloquial Bits.

Being offended.  In an effete society, this can be a lofty mode of existence.

Ernest Ingram,  The Unclean Sweep.

To write literary text today—especially with the hope of being published—is to engage in a form of necrophilia.

Austin Jaynes,  A Book of Admissions.