If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.
~ Thomas Pynchon ~
If The Apocalypse were to begin just before 11 one Saturday morning, would we know it? Would we recognize the signals of impending doom? What would constitute clear
apocalyptic signs; evidence that the end really is near? So many questions, but only supposition and guesses; no dependable answers. It is entirely possible, given our ignorance of apocalyptic forecasting, we would miss the harbingers of cataclysm. Just one more thing to worry about.
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It’s been days since I began the morning with a cup of espresso, thanks to my body’s recent displeasure with the idea. But this morning I renewed the ritual. In an ideal world, I would use a top quality espresso machine to make the elixir. This flawed reality in which we live, though, satisfies my craving for espresso by providing me with a relatively cheap Nespresso-type machine. If I owned finely engineered espresso machinery, of course, I would need an assistant who would be responsible for the actual creation of each cup; and he/she would bear responsibility for keeping the equipment in pristine condition.
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Several dreams woke me last night, but I remember almost nothing about them. I know only that, in each case, I woke to my own voice loudly asking “What?!” Or something like that. One of my dreams, though, seems to be hiding just beneath my consciousness. Perhaps it will spring out from my hidden repository of dreams during the course of the day. If it does, I may or may not document what I can recall of the artificial experience.
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Yesterday’s “No Kings” demonstrations generated a lot of media attention. The numbers I’ve seen so far suggest the turnout was very good. But I noticed the comments left on news articles about the events contained enormous volumes of mockery and venom from people who worship Trump. I doubt the demonstrations will have any substantive effect on this administration or Republicans in general, but making the views held by about half the population is vitally important, I think.
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Some people believe there’s a good chance that an irredeemable kid, carrying a switchblade, is crouched in every back alley, poised to stab you and take your possessions. Other people carry the switchblades.
