(f)utility
A broom’s a useful thing, no doubt of it:
It cleans a room, and then flies out of it.
“Empiric” is an interesting word: it means both “charlatan” and “based on observation and experience.” Embedded in the language is the dogma that only theory and system can validate.
No, you don’t bolster your machismo
When you acquire the latest gizmo.
gibberish about licorice
I’ll pass on those loaves and fishes, Jesus; dirty hands breed food-borne illnesses (cf. Mark 7: 1-8).
We can move in several directions through space, but only in one through time; what’s the point of that?
The ancients saw the births of monsters as portents of disasters. The advent of deep-fried butter, doughnut hamburgers, and chocolate-covered bacon must be an evil omen.
We’ve even managed to monetize monetization: people are paid to determine the “value” of services and commodities.
Even as a child, I didn’t understand why I was told that natural laws were evidence of divinity; and that deviations from natural law were miracles, which were also evidence of divinity.
I didn’t shave; and so my stubble
Will burst that effervescent bubble.
(Posted by Doug Skinner. The sketch is by Thackeray.)
2 responses so far ↓
1 Angela // Sep 14, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Christians who wash their hands before eating are hypocrites. Jesus said so himself.
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1The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were “unclean,” that is, unwashed. 3(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])
5So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with ‘unclean’ hands?”
6He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
” ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by men.'[b] 8You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.”
2 mamie // Oct 7, 2010 at 10:48 pm
That picture smells of autumn, a wonderful time of year, and halloween, the most wonderful holiday of the year! I smell the scariness is the air!