genial mobs with menial jobs

The word “Luddite” has changed meanings.  It originally meant someone who was opposed to technology; now it means someone who doesn’t buy every digital product on the market.  A rejection of uncritical consumerism is not a rejection of technology; this misunderstanding is unfortunate.

A writer’s bio, in a textbook,
Can cite his last, but not his next, book.

another newscaster slip: “trading secretaries” for “trading securities”

coma / amok

No, you may not use my storage
Space for your uneaten porridge.

Even in the smallest club, performers over-amplify to over-ride chatter and to compel attention. Perhaps the same technique could be used in classrooms.

A phrase from a dream: “the supposed somethingization of something.” I like the sound of that; I have so many things that could use a good somethingization.

I was singing all summer, the Grasshopper said,
Now I’m cold, and I’m hungry, and begging for bread.
But your Aunt wouldn’t help him; she took up a broom,
And she swept the poor Grasshopper out of the room.

Don’t just stand there; stand over there, too.

We view life through a certain filter;
Which, all too often, slips off-kilter.

(Posted by Doug Skinner.)