Daily writing promptTell us one thing you hope people say about you.View all responses The less people speak of you, the happier you will be. Nothing good ever comes from the attention of your peers. If people talk about you and it's all good stuff, people will applaud it at first, but after a while … Continue reading Be Inconspicuous
Do you ever wonder how slogans come to be and why? Wonder no more. It’s easy. You’ll soon see.
Greed is not good. In fact, Greed is Evil. Greed is the Root of all Evil.
More than 40 years ago, back when Ridley Scott had access to its unfettered faculties, he directed a great flick: The Duelists (1977). It featured two great actors of our age, Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine. The Movie: The Bonapartist mad dog Feraud a.k.a. Fournier alias Fournier-Sarlovèze or Harvey Keitel v. the Aristocrat d'Hubert a.k.a. … Continue reading The Duelists
https://youtu.be/1wtY9N-_X9A?si=uYHFt1nDk7Vs3fCG I admire tenacity above all things. I feel it brings the best in people and peoples. It separates mice from men. The life of Emperor-Stoic Philosopher Marcus Aurelius is testament of a Man who Soldiered on against all odds. Life threw every trial, tribulation and ailment at him. And still he defiantly woke up … Continue reading Animus in consulendo liber
Belisarius was the last of Romans. He was a Byzantine General who restored much of Rome’s vanished glory in the 6th century, half a century after it had gone bust in the West. He was one of Justinian’s best generals. Together or in spite of his cohort/frenemy Narses the Eunuch, he attempted and succeeded in … Continue reading Belisarius’ Gothic Tears
What could you do less of? Worry. I should worry less. People should worry less. I’m not saying be happy about it. But definitely we ought to stop sweating all the small stuff. Worry not, my friends, for it will wear you down ahead of your time. Or worry, if you must, but do something … Continue reading On Worrisome Thoughts
I stumbled upon these words in my online perambulations. “Democracy is merely an illusion to mask oligarchic power. Next week on Planet: Critical, George Monbiot on the farce that is our political system, including governing by "Presumed Consent": ‘If we don't accept the principle of presumed consent in sex, why would we accept it in … Continue reading On Presumed Consent
Life is peaceful in the cloister… or in a remote cabin, away from the tribulations of the City. But the City is where People are. If you enjoy the vagaries of Life, city life is for you.
Lt. Col. McRae wrote ‘In Flanders Fields’ the day after burying his friend, 22 year old Lt. Alexis Helmer (pictured here [right]), who died beside him in combat on May 2, 1915 in Flanders Fields, the battlefields which span southern Belgium and north-west France. His poem goes like this:In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between … Continue reading On Sacrifice – a poem
Götterdämmerung 