Whitenoise

You're off to Great Places!Today is your day!Your mountain is waiting,So... get on your way!-Dr. SeussWhimsy is as whimsy does.Without it, life's all fuzz and buzz.You chew on your cud, you thud like a dud,And you plod through your days in the same old mu

Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved. -G.K. ChestertonAbove: Parking lot or parkway?I drove up to Boston this past weekend for a little bit of lobster and a lot of hearty lau

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter-'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.-Mark TwainIt is precision that gives writing power.-Gustave FlaubertAbove: Two wrists, five trackers,

The inequality r g implies that wealth accumulated in the past grows more rapidly than output and wages. This inequality expresses a fundamental logical contradiction.-Thomas PikettyIn 1947, American workers took home seventy cents of every dollar the cou

Writing is an act of faith, not a grammar trick.-E.B. WhiteThe WordWorker was a quiet, odd sort of fellow. Stooped in stature, he spent a good part of his days hunched over paper and pencil. He sanded sentences until they were smooth, polished paragraphs

Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word. -Julio CortázarA lesson is less with two letters added.Thanks for reading White Noise! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.To learn s

Injuries heal, but wrinkles are the scars of time. -BauvardAbove: Grimace or smirk?Experience knocks,sets her bags below your eyesand stays a long while.Per my about page, White Noise is a work of experimentation. I view it as a sort of thinking aloud, a

Fashion fades, only style remains the same. -Yves Saint LaurentI have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. -Oscar WildeAbove: Anthropic's NYC anti-slop pop up. The gap between imagination and reality has collapsed and knowledge work i

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for. -Viktor FranklFor most of human history, the hardest part of making something was making it. The gap between intention and execution was wide enough to spend a whole career inside.

You can't start a fire without a spark. -Bruce SpringsteenI am arguing for the blister.The ache.The conversation you wanted to leave.The book that bored you for forty pages.The hill you could have driven around.I am arguing for friction. Which is another