Unforced blunders

Unforced blunders

Perhaps because we began to use words only 13,750 years ago, which is but a cosmic heartbeat ago, perfect is elusive for us word-users. I could be wrong as I’ve been many times before. The best The best we can do is accept the perfect world created since 13.8 billion...
The least optimistic word-user you’ll meet

The least optimistic word-user you’ll meet

I am, believe it or not, one of the least optimistic word-user you’ll meet. Like everybody else, I see what’s going on and I want to scream. But what I see most of all is the word-users in a war against nature that if we win, we lose. Screaming will help no more since...
Magic moments

Magic moments

What word-users do with their moments and how they use their eyes is what separates the many from the few. The few For the few that are masters of their moments and use their eyes to see words for what they are, the moments are magic.They know in the end everything...
The charming Zamboni machines

The charming Zamboni machines

I have a soft spot for Zamboni machines. They’re big, slow, and seemingly awkward, yet there’s something majestic about them — like the elephants of the ice rink. After each intense period of play, the ice surface scuffed and uneven, the Zamboni glides onto the rink,...
Things said when words are gone

Things said when words are gone

Words were invented 13,750 years ago. At the time, the age was stone, the Sahara green, and Northern Europe under 1-mile-thick ice. Split in two, part 1 Word-users vs wordless The invention of the word split the world in two. On the one side the ones that adopted the...

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