lying bastards
Employee comms: what's that about?It's about management pretending to talk with employees, and employees pretending to pay attention. It's about management pretending to tell the truth, and employees pretending to believe them.
kids bite
Monday 14th January 2002 was Adults' Day in Japan--a country with roughly the same number of sharp-toothed serpents as any other.
star traveler
The entity who whirls endless through the hidden passages of reality, plunging into black holes, emerging from white holes, somewhen, elsewhen.
signifying nothing
Because the word "thing" can signify so many things(and therefore so few) it can help reduce or eliminate context-dependence.
diversity is becoming
Diversity becomes the universe. Diversity is becoming. Good plus Bad is more diverse than Good alone. Life plus Death is more diverse than Lifealone. Pleasure plus Pain is more diverse than Pleasure alone.
nothing is boring, and then some
Nothing is more boring than something, anything, everything, nothing. Nothing is more of an offense against everything than nothing.
nose-picking time
Will anyone ever read these sadly self-reflective ruminations, and, suitably nonplussed, pick zir nose and eat it?
pain and suffering
There are things that hurt a lot more than pain: the belief that you are alone, for example.
the end of reasons
There's no reason why there must be a reason for everything. There are reasons for lots of things, but not all things. We exist because there is at least one universe in which we can exist. Why is this so? No reason. And certainly no need for an Anthropic Principle, weak or strong.
names of dogs
Cerberus, White Fang, Lassie, Snoopy, Snowy Cujo and their lesser known cousins: Dicklicker, Shiteater, Arsesniffer and Leghumper.
who am I now then?
Everything disappeared, including his consciousness. "Died", he told himself, "well bugger me! Who am I now then?"
wounding the bull
A professional is someone who doesn't know that much more than you do but is much better than you at pretending ze does, and at charging like a wounded bull.
the clear (and shining?) path
All is transient. When you perceive this, you are above suffering; the path is clear. All is suffering. When you perceive this, you are above suffering; the path is clear. All is unreal. When you perceive this, you are above suffering; the path is clear. (The Buddha, c.563–c.483BCE India)