dennis scharnberg

buttons and holes

“What a wonderful person!”  Those are the words that come to Mark whenever he hears the name Sigmund Freud.

Diana Moone,  Living Well.

stay see knots

Kyle seeks that simple proposition—that all-purpose rationale—that would justify whatever he happens to want to do, at any time of day or night.  A new guiding philosophy that satisfies.

Jason Starling, ed.,  Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.

being against something

The playwright is like Iago, but he whispers into our ear.

Winslow Steele,  The Anatomy of Stasis.

barnacles and mollusks

Looting:  improvised economic justice.

Nathaniel Bumppo,  The Final Word.

he reached out

We were wrong to attribute a Romantic “depth” to nihilism.  Consider instead the prospect of a shallow nihilism.

Winslow Steele,  The Anatomy of Stasis.

more popcorn please

Failure to represent reality correctly is never a fatal flaw in economics modeling.

Davis Packstone,  Types of Theory.

pedestals for sale

“How about staying at home instead?  You could read about the running of the bulls.  In a comic book, say.”

Burdyce Goode,  Philosophy of Vegetables.

noticing not allowed

Under close interrogation by the locals, Jeremy maintained that he had “no idea”.  None whatsoever.

Ralston Dowd,  A Spot of Bother.

now he knows

Reject Common Sense

Terence Theodore,  Proverbs for a New Era.

celebrate nose rings

organized rhyme

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.