dennis scharnberg

you’re not done

The thing to remember is that the model—any model—always leaves out almost everything.

Nigel Swoone, Old Theories of Time.

much more twaddle

Modern humans cannot grasp simplicity.

Desmond Urquhart, The Unsocial Sciences.

here and now

Headline: “PHILOSOPHER BOLDLY USES WORDS!”

Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.

tabulating the smiles

Declaring someone a genius is always a case of using the word “genius.”

Tristram Speaker, A Book of Postulates.

nothing to say

In those days it was still quite possible for a person to simply wander off, and never be heard from again.

P. J. Cahoon, The History of Crime.

this gentle day

When you finally see that—for a theologian—the religion is not the priority….

Chalmers Van Nest, The Trivial Quadrivium.

one million songs

Edwin’s New Year’s Resolution was simple, perhaps even somewhat blunt: “to be less accommodating.”

Nicholas Bruhns, Otto the Magpie.

offering unsolicited explanations

A stream of words—that’s what “the past” is.

Roger Sensabaugh, A Short History of Boredom.

paid to smile

“Don’t be silly, Carla. Any philosopher will tell you just how difficult it is to know something.”

Karl Buckling, Time Domain Blues.

lording it over

Postmodernism: a vicious frolic.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.