The Life, the Universe, and Everything
Dear Diary…
Dedicated to Lincoln Phayze who always goes with the flow except for the times when he doesn’t. Both of us are lost…
That was an advice from somebody like me. The gentleman in question works in the arts (I almost said “arts industry” and I was appalled by the ugliness of the expression). Correction: he [...]
By Igor Shchegolev
There are many opinions about the question, “Why don’t people work?”
Aesop’s famous fable clearly illustrates what the result of not working is. The ant and grasshopper are opposites in that one of them doesn’t want to work. People of many generations have accepted the moral of Aesop’s fable as the rule.
According t Aesop’s [...]
by Donald Hall (1928 – )
What’s Good, What’s Bad
The claims I make for fiction are large: that it alerts and enlarges our minds, our connections with each other past and present, our understanding of our feelings. These claims apply to excellent literature only. This suggests that some fiction is better than other fiction, and that [...]
By Donald Hall (1928 – )
When we learn to read fiction, we acquire pleasure and a resource we never lose. Although literary study is impractical in one sense – few people make their living reading books – in another sense it is almost as practical as breathing. Literature records and embodies centuries of human thought [...]
Little white lies: lies about trivial matters, like false excuses to spare a person’s feelings; flattery; “how are you feeling”; “how’s it going”; etc. – these lies must be truly harmless and inconsequential, never intended to be given a second thought.
Placebos: deceptions to make a person feel better (like sugar pills); euphemisms; some self-help gimmickry; [...]
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