Sunday Squibs

Most of the “improvements” that make a product worse are concocted by people in a meeting trying to squeeze more money out of the consumer. I blame caffeine as much as greed. 

The paragon of virtue

Sat atop the pyramid 

Unlike Humpty Dumpty

He did not fall, he slid

I used to think I could make the team

Till I reached the player’s dad’s age

I lost all interest in the game

On reaching their grandpa’s stage

Mother Earth has given us everything she has

—We’re driving her to ruin

We say we’d never put her away

—But that’s just what we’re doing

“Easy” Internet recipes are easily screwed up. With a bit of inattention even boiled water will go up in smoke. 

The gossip finds the truly loving person a poor confidant, but an excellent victim. 

We like to think of mankind’s knowledge as streetlights illuminating a city, but it’s more like fireflies flitting about in the woods. 

Poems are graffiti on the Great Wall of the unsayable. 

Worry is a waste since only one percent of what we worry about ever happens. 

Thanks. One more thing to worry about.

Just Do It is a fine slogan if you’re ready. Otherwise, expect lots of Nothing But Backboard.