dennis scharnberg

quoth the raven

We must listen to our music indirectly.

Amanda Willcoxen, ed.,  The Philosophical and Literary Fragments of Gregory Sallust.

in the throes

—That is wrong!  Terribly wrong!  And on so many levels.

—Levels?  What the hell is a “level”?

Philip Cavendish,  Tilly’s Treasury of Colloquial Bits.

list of names

God does not exist.  Existence is God.

Dennis W. Sylvester,  Confessions of a Moon Man.

lies and distortion

Wherever I am, I am always not quite there.

Chalmers van Nest,  The Trivial Quadrivium.

preoccupy wall street

Question:  What do we not want to hear about?

Answer:  Our dependencies.

Kelso Metternick,  All the Right Questions.

thesis antithesis synthesis

the moaning of life

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

of lapis lazuli

It’s not a lie if you believe it.

Terence Theodore,  Proverbs for a New Era.

piece of work

Intelligence:  A measure of how many illusions one can recognize, acknowledge, contend with.

Clive Morrow,  A Crustacean’s Dictionary.

nothing to see

“Deconstruction” is a frivolity that is much prized in an increasingly frivolous society.  Hint:  If you want to find out about the real world, you do not consult Professor Derrida.

W. Karl Bavinger,  The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.

bar the door

Questionnaire:  a way to make the leaves seem to rustle.

Clive Morrow,  A Crustacean’s Dictionary.