Essays: Aphorisms

27Nov

Mini Mag 77

Major de Ranger says … Egypt falling into chaos again. As I warned: once the Army is in, you won’t get it out. The Arab Spring needs a new philosophy before action can take it down a path to freedom.
My Warfare page

Blogger Bard says:
Illness of nations
With ideals above people
Systems are sick, too

Dr Illya Ness says … My two mantras for a healthy life: nothing will kill you in moderation unless you’re unlucky; and nothing kills more than worry.
My Illness page

RATTLERS’ TALE

THE SETTEE: No one knew who put the settee
by the quiet road at the edge of town but many
were glad they did. An argument at home? Go
and sit there, often someone from another house,
another argument, for company. Brief relationship
in transit. A moment of bliss, then home,
resolved. Everyone was glad it was there.

TEACHER: He was the worst teacher in
the world. He was so lazy that students
ended up motivating themselves. He was
the best teacher in the world.

COMPLACENT: Mr Big Biz knew the
customers who wouldn’t buy enough. They
were guided to the ComplacEntry; then to
the boiler. After all, he WAS green.

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18Nov

Mini Mag 73

Pappa Razzi says … Fears rise that the ongoing phone hacking scandal at News Int will cause too much regulation of press. Regulation will be wrong, but journalism has responsibilities too.

My Media page

Harry Fang says:
Oh, to see the light
Hues of morn I do not seek
Who stole my coffin?

Guru Tony says … Adulthood. Doesn’t have to be miserable. The balanced adult retains an inner child. The secret is to know when to put him away.
My Individuality page

RATTLERS’ TALE

SEEKING: He spent so long seeking wisdom.
He sought truth in book and guru, mountain
top and prayer. Eventually he found it in the
journey itself.

Blogger Bard says:
The urn was brittle
Inside, a scroll of truth gone
Truth is brittle, too

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07Nov

Eye On the World 8

Guru Tony says … The secret of consumerism. A customer doesn’t get what he wants, but what he’s offered … in such a way that he thinks it’s what he wants.

My Economics page

Harry Fang says:
Ask: Am I fleeting?
Action comes from a belief
To think is to be

Polly Ticks says … As China & Russia want treaties to police internet, Brit Foreign Sec says they would be counter-productive. Good words. Hope they’re true … My Technology page

RATTLERS’ TALE

MUSTER: He drank too much last
night. Hitching a ride home from the
party, he mustered his courage for the
argument. At twelve, he thought
himself too old for this.

Blogger Bard says:
Fables are moral
Learn from them and we do good?
But I’m just a pig

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30Oct

Mini Mag 65

A Thought …

A writer can never know ultimate success, for his true success comes through still being read centuries after his death.

My Flash Fiction page

THE CRIME POST

SUNSET: As the sun goes down the dark
veil rises. There will be agony tonight;
fear, violence, greed & corruption. And
the criminals are even worse.

Blogger Bard says:
Supernatural
After sunset it roamed wide
Banished by light bulb

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22Oct

Mini Mag 61

A Thought …

We hear much about victims nowadays. Yet, a person who goes through life never being wounded has never really lived.

My Victims page

FUTURE ZONE

LIMBER UP: The first genetically
modified human looked like
Frankenstein’s Monster. As it
limbered up people were afraid. The
Science Directorate imposed species
modification to take away fears.

Blogger Bard says:
Limbering up
New Athlete beats all records
Robot Olympics

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15Oct

Mini Mag 57

A Thought …

Is religion good? I suppose Scripture is like a gun. In tolerant hands, safe. In the hands of fanatics, deadly.

My Religion page

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RATTLERS’ TALE

PAPER: I papered over the cracks.
The argument was bad but it’s over. He’s calm; and
though I had no cloth, I improvised. He looks
good, embalmed.

Blogger Bard says:
News is always bad
I buy essential paper
Perforated kind

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11Oct

What’s Knowledge?

Knowledge, to me, is not something that defines the universe, but ourselves within it.

My Knowledge page

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