| The Measure of a Man |
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20 January 2016 |
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He was a man capable only of second rate work, whose key to success was his skill in convincing others they deserved no better from him. |
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| Re-Upholstering My Mind in Paisley |
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25 August 2015 |
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What do you do when you find yourself listening to the story of a man's first viewing of Apoclypse Now when he was on acid and at the age of fourteen? |
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| Another victim of reality |
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17 February 2015 |
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Hey Universe! How dare you tell me I can't do that! |
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| Misplaced Attention |
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17 February 2015 |
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Sometimes I don't hear what you said until after you are gone. |
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| I like the one-liners -- they're short. |
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5 July 2014 |
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Do not mistake your impatience for a poem that is too long. |
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| Choosing Your Own Adventure |
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17 November 2013 |
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Learn to see the truth in a motivating, not de-motivating way. |
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| Necessity Is The Mother of Comprehension |
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6 August 2013 |
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Art should not have to be explained; Yet an explanation is often necessary. |
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| Ecology Viewed From Afar |
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30 July 2013 |
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Ecology operates in cycles: Precious life is destroyed and thereby becomes the fertile soil for the next generation. |
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| I Like Working With People |
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5 August 2011 |
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I'm shifting my career from the unpleasant struggle to
make a product successful to the challenging and rewarding
process of helping another person realize a vision. |
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| Marketing to an Engineer |
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26 July 2011 |
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The essence of marketing is to get a large number of
people to believe the same thing whether it is true or not. |
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| Recapturing Fun II -- Computers |
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21 July 2011 |
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Computers quit being fun when "fixing broken stuff"
became an unpleasant, too frequent necessity instead of an
interesting challange. |
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| Recapturing Fun I -- Writing |
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21 July 2011 |
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Writing stopped being fun when it became an urgent
activity filled with the fear of judgments by prospective employers. |
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| A Flash of Lust |
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5 July 2011 |
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That man walking down the street: I wonder if he has any idea
how cute he is. |
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| Prioritization Paradox |
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2 June 2011 |
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Why am I at my most productive during those times when I
try my hardest to avoid doing anything? |
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| Falling Towards Self Knowledge |
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23 September 2010 |
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We find our aspirations by tripping over them. |
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| Epistemological Enigma |
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1 February 2010 |
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Is that peculiar clarity of mind found during drunkenness or depression all that it seems? |
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| The REAL source of success: |
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27 October 2009 |
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Your product must be suffficiently similar to existing
broken solutions that stupid people will feel comfortable with it. |
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| Hope and Affirmation |
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26 August 2009 |
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We resolve to make tomorrow better that the today we have been forced to leave behind. |
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| A Crucial Matter of Identity |
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c. 2006 |
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I'm not a mad scientist, I'm an angry engineer! |
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| Rave Restaurant Review |
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17 November 2006 |
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This is how food should taste but rarely does! |
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| He's Not From Around Here |
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26 August 2006 |
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Every morning, I make the long journey from my universe to everyone else's, but I don't always complete the trip. |
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| Rational Fears |
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26 August 2006 |
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My long standing fear of being beat up changed in stark and subtle ways when I dated a man who bore the knife scars, and psychological scars from his abusive ex. |
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| New Depths of Self Acceptance |
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4 April 2005 |
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It no longer bothers me that I can see into men's souls. |
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| Is it soup yet? |
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14 December 2004 |
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I think, I need to let myself obsess about that poem for
just a little while longer. |
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| The Bells! The Bells! |
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12 December 2004 |
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Tinnitus just goes to prove: Even silence has a sound. |
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| My Clique |
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12 December 2004 |
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This group is an aviary of rare birds! |
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| A Man To Avoid |
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12 December 2004 |
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His mind was a petting zoo for psychoses. |
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| Divestiture |
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12 December 2004 |
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Sometimes it's the hardest thing in the world to absolve
one's self and disown duties legitimately belonging to someone else. |
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| The Alpha and Omega of Stubbornness |
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26 September 2004 |
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Never underestimate the seductive power of homeostasis. |
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| Realization |
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26 August 2004 |
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But then I realized that the only reason why I wanted
him was because someone else had him. |
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| Evolution |
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20 July 2004 |
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Like my father before me, I will remain five years old
until the day I die. |
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| New Boss |
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30 January 2004 |
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"Do this instead," is much more effective direction for
an action oriented person than, "Don't do that." |
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| Insight |
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9 October 2003 |
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Have I plumbed the full depths of his soul, or merely
been ensnared in his defenses? |
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| Always Carry a Pen |
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c. 1990 |
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God forbid I should meet the man of my dreams, and not
have a pen to write down his phone number down with. |
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| Lacking Mystique |
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8 October 2003 |
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I'm sick to death of being self-effacing, and single. |
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| Revenge II |
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7 October 2003 |
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You think I did you a favor. |
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| Revenge |
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9 September 2003 |
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Money is no object when given the opportunity to hurt
the one you hate. |
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| Blur |
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19 August 2003 |
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A cocktail party, a camera, ADD, and me: GNI. |
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| Art For Health's Sake |
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23 March 2003 |
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At last I've recovered enough emotional reserves for poems
again to flow. |
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| And Now a Word From Our Sponsor |
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5 February 2003 |
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The vast majority of these poems are brought to you by the letter "tea".
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| Confession |
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14 January 2003 |
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It's not so much, "I never stopped loving you" as, "I
never stopped wanting you." |
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| The Rules |
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14 January 2003 |
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The rule, "Never have sex with anyone crazier than
you.", condemns me to a life of celibacy. |
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Reality Check |
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28 August 2002 |
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"Ah... That is a bit of an epistemological cul-de-sac,
isn't it?" |
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| Community |
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26 August 2002 |
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It is a relief to discover, at long last, that there are
people exactly as perverse as I am. |
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| Wannabe |
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24 August 2002 |
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This year, the Radical Faeries came to me! |
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| Microcosmic Regret |
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23 August 2002 |
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No matter what comes before or after, a thing, once
said, cannot be unsaid. |
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| Homemade Pornography |
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21 August 2002 |
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Digital photography gives new meaning to the term,
"instant gratification". |
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| Desire |
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21 August 2002 |
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I have a sweat shop filled with psychics in Fort Lee New
Jersey trying to determine what it is that he wants. |
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| Textile Comfort |
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20 August 2002 |
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The ultimate in decadence is a full length terrycloth
bathrobe at a naked encampment. |
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| Revelation |
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10 August 2002 |
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You can't hide the truth from a poet. |
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| A Question of Hope |
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17 October 2000 |
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Is there hope for someone who only feels whole when merged with another? |
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