Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, “Why have you done this to me?” […]
Month: October 2004
ulysses
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. – James Joyce […]
glory
my eyes have seen the tan sand between marshgrass green blades and hallelujah singin’ white men where black bodies lay overhead flew stars and bars red and blue they waved in dixie land where I was born in bodies molderin’ in the grave they died for a land that broke their heart I have seen […]
The British Bulldog
“Winston Churchill was once at the urinals in the House of Commons when the Labour prime minister, Clement Attlee, walked in. Churchill turned his back on him. ‘Feeling stand-offish, today, Winston?’ asked Attlee. ‘No,’ replied Churchill, ‘scared. Every time you see something big you want to nationalize it.’” – The Economist, 12/20/97 […]