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  • Humor

      Humor is just another defense against the universe.   Mel Brooks Melvin Brooks (Kaminsky, born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, composer and songwriter. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies…. Read More ›

  • Tending the Stones for the Lock XII

    12th part of the new weekly story.  (1st Part)   The inspiration for this came from an off hand comment I made on Facebook, and since people seemed interested I decided to follow through.  Happy Reading.  (1st Part) (2nd Part)  (3rd Part) (4th Part) (5th… Read More ›

  • Thinking

      I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.                    Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John “Terry” Pratchett, OBE (28 April… Read More ›

  • Aphorisms

    There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov  (10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American novelist and entomologist. His first nine novels were in Russian, and he achieved… Read More ›