Rub a dub dub Three men in a tub The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker Nursery rhymes are important because rhyme is important. Human language developed rhyme (most likely) because it helped us learn to associate one thing with another, to give us a sort of mental jingle to remember. For so many years, […]
Read More dub/tubHumpty Dumpty sat on a wall What is wrong with me? “Moral injury” is one thing, as recently explained to me by an article in the New York Times. The Times notes, “the deep distress that can emerge when you feel that your values have been violated, either by yourself or someone else. The resulting […]
Read More ShellJack be nimble Jack be quick Jack jumped over the candlestick It is indicative of our current political situation that watching a documentary about finding Osama bin Laden seemed relaxing to me. I thought at the time, and still think, I bet the CIA worked really hard, and did their best. I enjoyed semi-watching the […]
Read More be quickTouchtown: don’t get upset. Touchtown isn’t related to football, or pedophelia. It’s what they called a children’s area at the Kansas City Zoo. The “touch” was the touch of scruffy goats and bushy sheep. The sound was that of bleating, and the look was of red capped gumball machines dispensing pellets of generic feed, intended […]
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