Rev Dr Sparky on Real/igion

Tag: Life

  • Welcome to the Ward

    Photo by Jens Lindner on Unsplash The poetry of things heard there “We think you may be violet, aderanger to your self anothers:Did you know that’s why you’re hear?Do you recall? “And so you’ve been a-mittenedfor a seventy-twoour hole;“And I’m to get you saddled, andbe sure you know the ruse. Have youany quests so far?All write, then,…

  • Learn to Laugh at Your Problems

    Image by Pexels from Pixabay Everybody else does… Every once in a while, no matter how hard you try to see that tired old glass as half-full, it’s not. It’s completely empty. Nothing to do but throw it into the fireplace, excuse yourself from the company, and retire for the night. Sometimes, although life is the best…

  • Why You Should Try the Worst Writing Job Ever

    Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash The hidden market in compliance prose Here’s some irony: I spent six years writing the driest, most dispassionate prose imaginable, and it helped my creative writing more than any of the artistic work I’ve ever done. Moreover, it paid the bills, left me plenty of time to do my own…

  • Welcome to Your Personal Infinity

    Photo by Patrick McManaman on Unsplash Please don’t muck it up Contrary to what your mother may have told you, you are the center of the universe. And I can prove it. It will only take a moment of your time. Our origin as earthlings People used to believe that the flat planet Earth was, vaguely, the…

  • Truth — Where Did You Go?

    Photo by Rhii Photography on Unsplash It’s still here. We just got lost in lies. Everybody takes a shot at defining Truth (capital T) at one time or another: Philosophers, poets, politicians, pundits, priests, and other people whose names begin with “p”. Also artists, scientists, and bloggers, your auntie who knows why you’re not married, and that…

  • What’s the Big Idea?

    Photo by Tyler Lastovich on Unsplash No, seriously — what makes you who you are? Think of the last time you had to deal with someone whose worldview was clearly totally, 180 degrees, no-common-ground, different from your own. Each thinks the other is morally repugnant. Each shakes their head and asks, “Who even are you?” With luck, that person…

  • Riddle Me This

    Lessons in the truly ordinary Why do trucks turn that way? Why are phone menus so aggravating? What makes Möbius strips work? With plenty of complex and consequential issues to think about every day, you might wonder why these small riddles are worth writing about. I wonder that too, but I can’t seem to help myself.…