Confusion is the secret ingredient that keeps life interesting. An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. Sometimes a catastrophe is simply a course correction.  I came, I saw, I forgot what I … Continue reading The Conundrum

I stay warm by running away from people who say they like cold weather. You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep others warm. Two warm bodies and one cold bottle of rum will produce something more wonderful than would happen without the rum.  Thank goodness it’s finally hot enough to justify my … Continue reading Warmth

One of the near-death experience truths is that each person integrates their near-death experience into their own pre-existing belief system. Sometimes a little near death experience helps put things in perspective. I gathered responses of Banter Republicans who have cheated death. Grab a chair.  David - A routine Friday turned chaotic at New Haven junction … Continue reading Near Death

If you lose faith, you lose all. The difference between faith and insanity is that faith is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence, whereas insanity is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence.  Faith is like WiFi. It’s invisible but … Continue reading A Little Bit of Faith

I’m not even on drugs, I’m just weird. Sometimes I get so weird, I freak myself out. My best friend is so strange, she talks to herself and she always answers back. If you stumble, make it part of your dance. That time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.  You deserve someone who bites … Continue reading Doctor Strange