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“Sometimes we desire absolute nonsense because in our stupidity we see in this nonsense the easiest way of attaining some conjectural good.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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May
6

The Big Electron (Is this real? Or Just a ride?)

The best thing you’ll hear all day. The Big Electron

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Jun
24

dream homes

(originally posted 9/28/2020)   There were two things that stopped Sam’s ex-girlfriend Diane from maintaining the title and perhaps even graduating to much-sought-after wife status. The first was her toes. They were always in motion. She could spread them out until there was an unhealthy amount of lights between them. They were like five pieces […]

Jun
23

the F words

(Originally posted 9/27/2020. I swear at the time of its writing it made perfect sense. Reading it back now I’m not sure why he wanted to develop a fear of open spaces because his first name began with the letter F.)   He realized he was never going to develop a fear of open spaces […]

Jun
20

an emotional can of worms

(originally posted 10/11/2015)   Sometimes the mistakes you make are the only thing keeping you from making bigger mistakes. Let me illustrate in a way that the typical Lance Manion reader has come to expect. By that I mean, if you are a reader of Stieg Larsson for instance you expect every damn thing to […]

Jun
19

guy on a plane

(originally posted 8/19/2019)   As I sat down he was already talking to his cup. He was visibly annoyed. I had the aisle seat, he had the window. “Listen ice, I appreciate you cooling down my beverage and all but quit bumping my teeth every time I try and take a drink.” He saw I […]

Jun
18

puzzled pieces

(originally posted 4/29/2018)   If you choose to you can connect any two things. Or any three. Or everything. Perhaps the greatest misconception people have is believing that life is a puzzle, with specific pieces coming together to form a pre-determined picture. Perhaps all pieces go together and there isn’t any one picture that’s being […]

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