August 27, 2024
What would you do in a world of naught?
What would you do in a world of naught where words are absent? I know what I would do. Perhaps you do so, too? I’d do what the wordless do, such as the sun, the energy, the fire, the air, the earth, the water, the planets, the plants, the moon, the seas, the stars, the colors, the paradise birds, the clouds, the pencils and the swifts, to name a few. Maybe I’d do what the
August 26, 2024
I realised, just in time, that I’m disposable
After I realised, just in time, that I’m disposable whenever I, they, or it decide, I laid myself off from a job and friends that I cared for for 26 years, on December 31st, 1999, and I’ve been a solopreneur ever since. I haven’t looked back, safe in my decision to be coeurageous when I fear, grateful when I miss, and joyful should I regret. In the 24 years since laying myself off, I tried
The invention of the word is the medium without which no media in the world exists, social media included. And it’s not just about media and social media, it’s about everything we have a word for and know. How come? To understand what this means takes not just looking at, but seeing the story of inventions that preceded the invention of words: Invented 13,750 years ago — when the age was stone, the Sahara green,
August 22, 2024
Modern times depend on what you ask
You can ask your smartphone.Or you can ask what your smartphone doesn’t have a clue of. Smartphone Your smartphone will tell you what’s on the internet, that is what others say about modern times or what AI says about modern times — “modern times typically refers to the period after the late 19th century characterized by significant changes” — which they want you to believe is different but it’s the same thing, others talking about
August 21, 2024
The SIMPLE change method
Use your eyes Trust what you see. Believe it. If you’re looking for the SIMPLE method to change, then you found it, but allow me to be clear what the simple method means. USE YOUR EYES means use yours for they’re the only ones you own, the 3rd eye included. TRUST WHAT YOU SEE means don’t trust what other word-users see through their eyes unless it is the same. BELIEVE IT means believe you, not
August 20, 2024
1 (one) habit has improved my habits
There is one (1) habit I’ve taken up that has improved my habits overall in one fell swoop: The 15-minute post-lunch stroll A night owl used to write until the wee hours, I’d wake up bursting with energy and eat my lunch, only to then feel beat (no pun intended) like I hadn’t slept for years. I tried eating lighter lunches, to no avail, for all that did was make me hungry. Recommended by a
August 19, 2024
Promises you make to you
What do you think is the opposite of a pro mise? An amateur mise? Just kidding. But I’m not kidding when I say I found that promise is Latin for tell before. In other words, the opposite of tell before is tell after. How come? I guess when English was invented, Deepl hadn’t been invented and translators were hard to find, so those in charge of England decided to keep promise and pronounce it English
August 17, 2024
Word-users are meaning-seeking creatures. Elephants are not.
Word-users are meaning-seeking creatures. Elephants do not agonize about the elephant condition, worry about the plight of elephants in other parts of the world, or try to see their existence from a different perspective. They couldn’t because they don’t have words. But word-users invent stories that place our existence in a larger setting and make the unhappy among us believe life has meaning and value. VALUE It’s impossible to add value to others if you