Writer Seeks Reader...
Writer Seeks Reader

Zero Slope

Zero Tolerance and The Slippery Slope are rhetorical devices, intended to short-circuit intelligent decisions rather than promote them.  Have zero tolerance for the slippery slope and avoid the slippery slope of zero tolerance.Okay, just this once. 

read more

Mall of America: The Untold Story

 The Mall of America was originally constructed by the Mayan civilization after they migrated to Bloomington, Minnesota, in 832 AD. The edifice was quickly abandoned after the Mayans decided it was too damn cold and moved to a condo in Boca Raton. In the Mayan language , Boca Raton means "you are standing on my foot", which leads many archeologists to conclude that it was a two bedroom ...

read more

I Think

I should stop thinking so much. It only leads to more thinking. I think.

My Version of The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock

Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky.
I'm thinking IHOP.

read more

I Think that's How Much my Latte Costs

Have I got a deal for you! http://www.kidsofkilimanjaro.org/   

read more

WHY REPUBLICANS SHOULD SUPPORT HEALTH CARE REFORM

Americans have a strong entrepreneurial streak. But this streak is tempered by practicality and family responsibility. During the current recession, people with jobs kept them out of fear of unemployment. But before this recession, many Americans stayed in their jobs out of a fear of losing their access to affordable health insurance.

If some form of the proposed health care reform package is passed, Americans will have far greater access to affordable health insurance and far more protection from losing their coverage. So once the recession is over, we are likely to see an explosion of entrepreneurial activity. America could conceivably become a nation of business owners. And the GOP tells us, increased business leads to increased national wealth, and higher tax receipts, helping to lower projected fiscal deficits.

As the reputed champions (and beneficiaries) of small business, Republicans should get on board with health care reform as soon as possible.

Still waiting for the joke, aren't you?

Shakespeare: A Little Known Fact

Williamsburg, VA, was named after William Shakespeare, who emigrated to America after his death in 1616. He originally landed on the island of Manhattan, but moved south after discovering the New Amsterdam theater scene consisted mostly of Disney musicals.

Writing Literary Fiction

The best thing about writing literary fiction is that you send a thought out into the Universe and you never know who's not reading it.

THE COMEDY OF HAMLET

Hamlet is a comedy with the wrong ending, as Stoppard rightly saw. But then life is a comedy with the wrong ending, as Shakespeare rightly saw.

I AM THE ANTI-FLAUBERT

I'm not saying it's a good thing.

Blog Software