The Life, the Universe, and Everything
from “Monumental Propaganda” by Vladimir Voinovich
[…] I told the Admiral about my conversations with Shubkin. I told him honestly that when I argued with Shubkin I sometimes felt that I was right, but I couldn’t prove it because he crushed me with his authority. And the fact that he was older, and that he’d been [...]
Autobiography In Five Short Chapters
By Portia Nelson
I
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I didn’t see it.
I am lost… I am helpless.
It takes forever to find a way out.
II
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I [...]
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