dennis scharnberg

swarm of bees

Novel: begins, bewitches, ends.

Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.

cold corn dodgers

A needed reminder: Logic says exactly nothing about the world.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

praying and singing

But then, as an aside, she muttered something about “the soft harm of professor Derrida.”

Stoke Twombly, The Tragedians.

exciting new automobiles

How many decisions fail to be poor decisions?

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

applying standard models

“If you intend to strangle a person, the gentlemanly approach would be to apologize to the victim beforehand.”

Will Bestwyck, Letters from Mr. Palindrome.

show and tell

Trumpet, sir? How say I, nay.

It were a strumpet thou didst play.

Thomas Faraday, The Maiden’s Complainte. (1586)

hummed and drummed

“Oh, look Allison. On the pedestal. It’s Shiva the Destroyer. My personal favorite.”

Theo Darden, Watching for Earthquakes.

stack of firewood

“But what assumptions underlie those assumptions, sir?”

Edward Valerian, The Empire Is Maintained.

happy go lucky

Theory is distance.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

all my friends

November 3, 2019. I had fun with a female. I got high. I enjoyed exciting food, and wine in stemware. I watched a charming French film. I guess that’s all. [Possibly fiction.]

Reginald Boyington, Dear Dreadful Diary.