Tag Archives: Aphorism

Anne McCaffrey Crystal Singer embeds an intriguing aphorism in a passage reflecting upon the awakening of the protagonist, Killashandra, to her chosen craft and profession. That was ever the way of technology: to take the worthless and convert it into … Continue reading →

I had somehow come to know of the shortest verse in the Bible. It is only much much later that I have learnt of the rejoinder. The shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible is only two … Continue reading →

Thinking of vacations … Until all employees are deemed replaceable, some are deemed disposable. I wonder if economists tote up the true expesne of all those indispensable people. And so for day 213 15.07.2007

Stewart Brand in How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built Chapter Six “Unreal Estate” proffers a marvellous piece of pastiche: Form follows failure. It closes a paragraph Buildings can’t learn if they don’t last. Most building code systems are … Continue reading →

Sentiments have their destiny. Jules Barbey D’Aurevilly translated by Douglas Ainslie. It’s the opening sentence to Dandyism Just one destiny. Perhaps multiple destinations. And so for day 147 10.05.2007

Marquee screen saver words scroll left to right for months on end: Nuance shades into meaning and to be replaced by the following crawling across screen at the same tempo: Attention is a reservoir of force Sometimes sequels take a … Continue reading →

It is said that to promise out of hope fails only if one performs out of fear. No fowl is foul. No foul is fallow. Please take flight without fright: swim, glide, slide away, advance retreat. And so for day … Continue reading →