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Proverbs of Smog #37

13 Jan 2026 1 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-Seven 1. Leopard print sunset; kittens in the Cool Whip. 2. Depart from me, ye pie rats! 3. Is this a motel, or a hungry Bible 4. Whale? 5. Sunlight has ripped the roof off. 6. The...

The Ship of Theseus and identity

11 Jan 2026 1 minute read 15 comments Yttrandefrihet

According to the ancient Greek historian Plutarch, the Athenians preserved the wooden ship on which the mythical hero Theseus returned from Crete after slaying the Minotaur. Over many years, as the original planks and timbers rotted, they were gradua...

Proverbs of Smog #33

3 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-Three 1. Come out with your hands down. 2. Release the clown. 3. Pickup the cup. 4. Go into town with your hands  5. Up. 6. The clown runs deep. 7. Put your bitchiness to sleep. 8....

Proverbs of Smog #32

1 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-Two 1. I wash my hair in the laundrymart. I am the king of clothes. 2. I fold my subjects neatly. Television shirts are hanging by their dirtsleeves. 3. Honeybirds and bluebees; ma...

Proverbs of Smog #31

31 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-One  1. The vast, expansive landscape; the floor of a bloody, organic garage. 2. Candy wrapper skeletons; sugar bones melting in the heat. 3. Rattlesnake pomade; ocotillo hairbrush....

The Cycling Group Leader Called Me

5 Dec 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Melina Mehr

  whole plan was to head up into the forested mountains… but...   Another weekend rolled around, and I’d originally planned to spend it all to myself, just me and the mountains.   These days, the hills are breathtaking—the trees have exploded into gr...

Proverbs of Smog #26

5 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Twenty-Six 1. Beware the homeless preacher blowing from the holy bubble beneath a halo of high, unsightly lions. 2. Take off your stylish sense of scorn; discard your sunglasses of thorns...

Proverbs of Smog #25

1 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Twenty-Five 1. The wind is howling like a child. The dramatic, petulant gale. 2. If you catch an automated singer, nevermind the bus. Throw him under the poem. 3. The punch is spiked with...

The Chill Hits Your Body Instantly

29 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr

Some days are good, some not so much, and some make up for all the pain of the bad ones. This time, I decided to write about a good day.   When we were kids, the essay topic  called “How did you spend your summer?” always gave me a headache. My famil...

Review and Analyze the film Twelve Angry Men by Sidney Lumet.

21 Nov 2025 2 minute read 2 comments sherlock holmse

  Sidney Lumet's 1957 film, *12 Angry Men*, starring Henry Fonda, stands as one of the finest cinematic tributes to reason and intellectual rigor. The film can be viewed as a confrontation between blind prejudice on one side, and thoughtful deliberat...