dennis scharnberg

there once was

How many hours a day do you spend before the mirror?  Four?  Eight?  Or only one or two?  Perhaps I ought to define the term “mirror.”

Dennis W. Sylvester,  Confessions of a Moon Man. 

smothered in gravy

Social Justice:   the biggest racket of the twenty-first century (so far).

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

the pebble falls

Culture:   a product of restraint.

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

ut pictura poesis

What is needed today is the type of person who is capable of overthrowing his own ideas.

Jackson Currothers III,  The View From the Cauldron.

pins and needles

A proposition to disprove:  that cleverness is prerequisite to being a fool.

Dennis W. Sylvester,  Confessions of a Moon Man.

a slow drip

“I am walking a large and distinctive dog,”  thought Nigel to himself.  “Won’t someone—won’t anyone—indicate that they admire me?”

Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

spill the beans

New cultural axiom:  Any experience that we do not like, or do not want, is an experience that is bad for us.

Jackson Currothers III,  The View From the Cauldron.

get rid of

“Then, something happened,”  said Gareth.  “And because it happened to me, it was especially important.”

Trent Bendix, Patricia Knows Best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reality distortion field

Who can possibly be bored?  Who?  And how?

Jason K. Broadus, The Ice of My Dreams.

as good as

A world ruled by common sense—now what would that look like?

Jason K. Broadus, The Ice of My Dreams.