Posts from the ‘Philosophy and Humor’ Category

Jul 10

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“Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.” –Lucius Apuleius

Welcome to our second flight of Priceless Ads. As in the first flight, every Priceless ad in this series delivers a familiar massage. In your priceless comment(s) about the massage that you receive, again and again, please don’t hold back your true feelings.

“Contempt is a terrible thing to waste.” *–Max Im**

Max Im is the pun name of a pen name with a case of aphorism, which causes one to shoot its mouth off. The rest of the Max Im* quotes in this post go without citation, lest familiarity with a pun name breed groans beneath contempt.

Jun 14

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“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.” — Franz Kafka

This medium inserts ads selling exactly what AI thinks you need that money can buy. Those ads redeem themselves by **picking up the tab for our media massage.**

“The Medium is the Massage” —Marshall McLuhan

Our Priceless Ads clear the air of buyer’s remorse. They are destined to become collector’s items. Satisfaction guaranteed, or dissatisfaction cheerfully refunded.

May 22

3 Comments

“The Cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” — Carl Sagan

Effing words, from a mad Yank in a Brit madhouse, pervade the premier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.*

Small wonder that effing words skew the lens through which we view, upside-down and inside-out, the ineffable being in us.

Cosmic Selfies, by contrast, render a madman’s inner being effable, as few effing words can.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. — Rumi

May 6

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“I was lost in a wave’s embrace, now I am found amazing Grace.” — Translated from a note in a bottle

The quotes in this post are from a note in a bottle on a wave, translated from pictological Zenish by the editor. –Ed.

Apr 18

5 Comments

Happy International Haiku Day

Melting snow showers
Crocus pops near tulip spears
A spring fever breaks

Half of this haiku’s meaning is clear in the writer’s mind. The other half may mean something else. On International Haiku Day, that could make the haiku mean anything and everything the world needs now.

“Meaning lies as much in the mind of he reader as in the haiku.” – Douglas R. Hofstadter

Jun 24

“Sometimes I find I’m wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.” ―Ridley Scott

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

Jun 13

“Stand a little less between me and the sun.” ―Diogenes

From the ceiling beneath our feet, the skies seem frayed as faith at the end of days.

“If you’re looking down at Earth, you’re looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.”

―Buzz Aldrin

Jun 9

“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.” ―Phil Ochs

When a Peacemaker was a lawman’s six-shooter, trigger fingers made peace signs.

“And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”

―Josephine Baker

Jun 5

“We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?” ―John Kenneth Galbraith

Amazing science stories let us explore worlds far, far away, and discover strange life forms.

“Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.”

―Octavia E. Butler

Jun 2

Posts from the ‘Philosophy and Humor’ Category

“Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.” –Lucius Apuleius

Welcome to our second flight of Priceless Ads. As in the first flight, every Priceless ad in this series delivers a familiar massage. In your priceless comment(s) about the massage that you receive, again and again, please don’t hold back your true feelings.

“Contempt is a terrible thing to waste.” *–Max Im**

Max Im is the pun name of a pen name with a case of aphorism, which causes one to shoot its mouth off. The rest of the Max Im* quotes in this post go without citation, lest familiarity with a pun name breed groans beneath contempt.

“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.” — Franz Kafka

This medium inserts ads selling exactly what AI thinks you need that money can buy. Those ads redeem themselves by **picking up the tab for our media massage.**

“The Medium is the Massage” —Marshall McLuhan

Our Priceless Ads clear the air of buyer’s remorse. They are destined to become collector’s items. Satisfaction guaranteed, or dissatisfaction cheerfully refunded.

“The Cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” — Carl Sagan

Effing words, from a mad Yank in a Brit madhouse, pervade the premier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.*

Small wonder that effing words skew the lens through which we view, upside-down and inside-out, the ineffable being in us.

Cosmic Selfies, by contrast, render a madman’s inner being effable, as few effing words can.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. — Rumi

“I was lost in a wave’s embrace, now I am found amazing Grace.” — Translated from a note in a bottle

The quotes in this post are from a note in a bottle on a wave, translated from pictological Zenish by the editor. –Ed.

Happy International Haiku Day

Melting snow showers
Crocus pops near tulip spears
A spring fever breaks

Half of this haiku’s meaning is clear in the writer’s mind. The other half may mean something else. On International Haiku Day, that could make the haiku mean anything and everything the world needs now.

“Meaning lies as much in the mind of he reader as in the haiku.” – Douglas R. Hofstadter

“Sometimes I find I’m wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.” ―Ridley Scott

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

“Stand a little less between me and the sun.” ―Diogenes

From the ceiling beneath our feet, the skies seem frayed as faith at the end of days.

“If you’re looking down at Earth, you’re looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.”

―Buzz Aldrin

“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.” ―Phil Ochs

When a Peacemaker was a lawman’s six-shooter, trigger fingers made peace signs.

“And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”

―Josephine Baker

“We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?” ―John Kenneth Galbraith

Amazing science stories let us explore worlds far, far away, and discover strange life forms.

“Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.”

―Octavia E. Butler

“The only thing they can’t teach you at art school is art.” ―David Bailey

At the arts gymnasium of the Classical World, an Aristophanes ushers you up the steps to the highest stage, where some Ovid shoves you off.

“If you ever have a kid who doesn’t know what to do, stick him in art school. It’s amazing what evolves.”

―Ridley Scott

Posts from the ‘Philosophy and Humor’ Category

Welcome to our second flight of Priceless Ads. As in the first flight, every Priceless ad in this series delivers a familiar massage. In your priceless comment(s) about the massage that you receive, again and again, please don’t hold back your true feelings.

“Contempt is a terrible thing to waste.” –Max Im*

*Max Im is the pun name of a pen name with a case of aphorism, which causes one to shoot its mouth off. The rest of the Max Im quotes in this post go without citation, lest familiarity with a pun name breed groans beneath contempt.

This medium inserts ads selling exactly what AI thinks you need that money can buy. Those ads redeem themselves by picking up the tab for our media massage.

“The Medium is the Massage” —Marshall McLuhan

Our Priceless Ads clear the air of buyer’s remorse. They are destined to become collector’s items. Satisfaction guaranteed, or dissatisfaction cheerfully refunded.

Effing words, from a mad Yank in a Brit madhouse, pervade the premier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.*

Small wonder that effing words skew the lens through which we view, upside-down and inside-out, the ineffable being in us.

Cosmic Selfies, by contrast, render a madman’s inner being effable, as few effing words can.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. — Rumi

The quotes in this post are from a note in a bottle on a wave, translated from pictological Zenish by the editor. –Ed.

Melting snow showers Crocus pops near tulip spears A spring fever breaks

Half of this haiku’s meaning is clear in the writer’s mind. The other half may mean something else. On International Haiku Day, that could make the haiku mean anything and everything the world needs now.

“Meaning lies as much in the mind of he reader as in the haiku.” – Douglas R. Hofstadter

A good laugh splits your sides and face. So your guts and brains fall out.

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

―Edward de Bono

From the ceiling beneath our feet, the skies seem frayed as faith at the end of days.

“If you’re looking down at Earth, you’re looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.”

―Buzz Aldrin

When a Peacemaker was a lawman’s six-shooter, trigger fingers made peace signs.

“And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”

―Josephine Baker

Amazing science stories let us explore worlds far, far away, and discover strange life forms.

“Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.”

―Octavia E. Butler

At the arts gymnasium of the Classical World, an Aristophanes ushers you up the steps to the highest stage, where some Ovid shoves you off.

“If you ever have a kid who doesn’t know what to do, stick him in art school. It’s amazing what evolves.”

―Ridley Scott

“Contempt is a terrible thing to waste.” *–Max Im**

Max Im is the pun name of a pen name with a case of aphorism, which causes one to shoot its mouth off. The rest of the Max Im* quotes in this post go without citation, lest familiarity with a pun name breed groans beneath contempt.

This medium inserts ads selling exactly what AI thinks you need that money can buy. Those ads redeem themselves by **picking up the tab for our media massage.**

Melting snow showers
Crocus pops near tulip spears
A spring fever breaks