Three Very Short Stories

  Butter Once when I was cooking I ran out of butter so I put things on hold and told Skip who was...

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

- William Blake

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Sanity

Sanity

 As I write this I sit in fog drenched Mendocino while much of the country suffers under the horrid heat of a global heat wave. I indulge myself in quiet esthetic contemplation in the midst of an ugly political cat fight that divides the country. In a word I choose...

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Wisdom, Age, Life, Politics

Wisdom, Age, Life, Politics

 Well, here we are in one hell of a pickle. America may have been here before but never quite as deep in the weeds as we are now. Just weeks away from the two major political conventions both parties are committed to unpopular octogenarians for the highest office in...

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Mr. Ego

Mr. Ego

You can’t keep standing on tiptoeor walk in leaps and bounds.You can’t shine by showing offor get ahead by pushing.Self-satisfied people do no good,self-promoters never grow up.Such stuff is to the Taoas garbage is to foodor a tumor to the body,hateful.The follower of...

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Confidence

Confidence

 I think I can, I think I can. I think I can.I knew I could. I knew I could. I knew I could.                   The Little Engine That Could It’s better to have tried and failed than not to have tried at all.                    Paraphrase of Alfred Lord Tennyson Fail...

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We Aren’t Electing A Saint

We Aren’t Electing A Saint

 This phrase has been used to justify a vote for Donald Trump for President. The very fact that there is a need to justify a vote for Donald Trump exposes the concerns many have about making him President once again. Dozens of people he appointed to cabinet and high...

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TANSTAAFL-There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TANSTAAFL-There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

 There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch                     Economics in Eight Words Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young...

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Our Mind Worm Problem

Our Mind Worm Problem

  The Sick RoseBY William Blake O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm:  Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. Social media, artificial intelligence and virtual reality are...

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The Frolic Cafe – an update

The Frolic Cafe – an update

  Think in the Morning is working on a new book - The Frolic Cafe. We started this project some time ago but abandoned the idea for lack of time. We are now well into the writing/editing phase. Below are several collages you may recognize. These were the featured art...

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The Politics of Passion

The Politics of Passion

 Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them   David HumeThe best lack all conviction, while the worst   Are full of passionate intensity   William Butler Yeats Looking forward,...

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A Personal AI answers the Proust Questionnaire

A Personal AI answers the Proust Questionnaire

 The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. In this age of Artificial...

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AI Mania

AI Mania

It’s just a computer.To paraphrase Richard Quest:Just a computer? It all begins with a humble computer. Whether writing your first program or running big programs for those at the top, making their mark, closing deals around the clock. Every computer has power and...

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