Category: Human Interest
Ave Libertas! A Poem to Inner Freedom
All I need is a foothold I can’t describe it, see it, hear it; and yet, I know it is there. That foothold is there. O, foothold without a name! Great is thy power; for thou art the axis of…
Computer Program Translates Ordinary English into Shakespearean Verse
Dateline: CAMBRIDGE, MA—A team of computer programmers at MIT, led by Wallace Thickglasses, has completed its Shakespearean Translator, which converts plain English into Shakespearean verse. The translator has received rave reviews from Shakespeare scholars.
Life Coach Recommends Obsessive, Idiosyncratic Behaviour to Earn Immortality by Word Coinage
Dateline: TORONTO—Melvin Meister’s Labour of Fame Organization, founded in 1973, has been vindicated over forty years later, as the Oxford English Dictionary added the word “smeelian” to its account of the English language, in recognition of the life’s work of…
The Foolish Hound of Hellfire and the Weeping Cat
The Hound of hell arose to lick his sores. “It was not so… it was not once like this,” he panted, fears of hellfire stabbing him like molten crosses. He crawled a pace or two, and panted. A licking on…
Your Greatest Weakness May be Your Greatest Strength
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It’s Not Just Theists Who Help the Homeless
I met a guy called Chris about a decade ago, at university; and he was very interested in some new projects of his.
Is There a Hard-Headed Economic Case for Abandoning LGBTphobia?
Curious: have any governments or NGOs made the hard-headed economic case to other countries about not persecuting sexual minorities? I would imagine that certain prejudices, because they drive people into the underworld, have a detrimental economic effect.
Empty Heart, Imperishably Creative Spirit (Joy Machine: Poetry & Meditations)
The gaping chasm in my heart is an endless, swirling void of creativity. And my destiny is also yours.
Despair is the Only Fault that Cannot be Mended (Joy Machine: Poetry & Meditations)
More insights for my forthcoming 2018 Joy Machine project! There is forgiveness, and self-forgiveness For almost every human error and fault
Will Things Get Better Anytime Soon? (Joy Machine: Poetry & Meditations)
More insights for my forthcoming 2018 Joy Machine project! Don’t believe things will be better Don’t want to believe things will be better