Jane Eyre: The Age Gap

Hi guys,

This is something I've always wondered about in Jane Eyre: the 20-year age gap. When I first read the book, the ending was sort of spoiled for me - I knew that Jane and Rochester would fall for each other and get married. So when I got to the part when you learn their ages (their early conversations) - man, I was shocked. Especially because Rochester kept on stressing how "he was old eno

Jane Eyre: The Age Gap

All Aboard

This thread contains my creations about toy trains and my life-long love of them. If you proceed, you probably have a memory or a desire for these great miniature recreations of life on the railroad. I hope you enjoy.

[CENTER]Beginnings

I was just a kid.
When all this began.
My first tunnel,
Was a coffee can.

They were bigger those days.
Cut lengthwise in two,
They would rattle and shake,
Wh

All Aboard

The Horrors

Onto a small and rural farm
Fell an unspeakable spell,
Whence the residents thence did spend
A despicable night in Hell;

First the creaking floorboards
As though someone walked,
The rattling of chains from the cellar,
In the attic two ghosts talked;

This in an unearthly language
Spoke yet without a word;
Those moans and groans the night outside;
On the porch they heard;

The chopp

The Horrors

How would you die in a Shaekspeare play chart

Hey everyone. I'm a high school teacher and last year as we were reading Julius Caesar I came across this fun chart about how you would die in a Shakespeare play. It was one of those types where you match up your intitials/birth month etc. to certain words to get your results. My students had a lo of fun with it, but I can't find it again. I have searched quite a bit, but have had no luck. Has

How would you die in a Shaekspeare play chart

721 Words Of Boring Reading

Born Without Talent

I must confess I was born completely without natural talent. I am not fast of feet, large of stature, quick of wit, and I do not possess superior physical strength.

I do have an ability that I have honed and nurtured throughout my life. I am able to string words together in complete, and understandable sentences. Furthermore, I can connect these sentences into a train

721 Words Of Boring Reading

short story about parenting

Good day everybody!
I have just registered with this forum.
I was wondering if someone could be so kind as to help me.
I have been searching on the internet for a short story since yesterday already but I haven't found what I have been looking for.
I am looking for a short story about parenting.
There might be also good novels about parenting but the problem is that I would then need to find

short story about parenting

Reading Pendennis

I am reading Thackery's Pendennis and enjoying it. Anybody else read it or know it?

Early scenes are set in a fictional version of East Devon where I grew up, so that amuses me.

The hero goes to university at "Oxbridge". Is that the eariest usage of that term to include both ancient English universities? (Thackeray here means Cambridge where he studied,)

Reading Pendennis

Aphorism #66 See that Things end well.

Aphorism #66 See that Things end well.

Some regard more the rigour of the game than the winning of it, but to the world the discredit of the final failure does away with any recognition of the previous care. The victor need not explain. The world does not notice the details of the measures employed; but only the good or ill result. You lose nothing if you gain your end. A good end gilds everythin

Aphorism #66 See that Things end well.

It’s Raining Somewhere Else

So, while I’m writing this for of you to enjoy reading, there are few things I want you to keep in mind;
1. This story is based off of a true one. Part of this story had already happened, but of course this wouldn’t be fiction without there being something. The second half of this story hasn’t happened, but you have no idea how much I want it to.
2. English isn’t exactly my

It’s Raining Somewhere Else

It’s Raining Somewhere Else

So, while I’m writing this for of you to enjoy reading, there are few things I want you to keep in mind;
1. This story is based off of a true one. Part of this story had already happened, but of course this wouldn’t be fiction without there being something. The second half of this story hasn’t happened, but you have no idea how much I want it to.
2. English isn’t exactly my best subject. While I

It’s Raining Somewhere Else

Abraham is blessed, yet also tested! (genesis 18 - 22)

PARASHA: " VaYera" (and he appeared) Abraham is blessed, yet also tested


GEN 18:1-22:24.....2 KINGS :1-37......2 PETER 2:4-11

There are several topics in this Parasha, first, the appearance of YHVH in the form of an Angel, together with two other "malachim" . One might wonder why "3" angels?. "3" represents the entity of "Elohim". Soon there will be "three" members of the family of Abrah

Abraham is blessed, yet also tested! (genesis 18 - 22)

Coinman - an untold story

Hello Everyone..

A new book is being launched soon. COINMAN - AN UNTOLD STORY. A unique story which has never been told before. The book will be available on amazon soon. Please feel free to ask me any questions regarding the book except the story. ;)

For more information about the book you can visit - www.coinman.info

Support a fellow book lover and try to get your hands on the book

Coinman - an untold story

Two Headed Beast

[CENTER]It has a right wing,
And a left one too.
But can it fly?
It doesn’t try.

It’s body is bloated.
It lumbers around,
It casts many spells
As it sits on the ground.

There are many tongues,
Within this beast.
The speech incoherent,
At times when it speaks.

With it’s two heads,
It still cannot see,
It can’t find a way,
It cannot agree.

It has a coating of armor,
To sh

Two Headed Beast

Bicycle Bob

Today, I was out on my every-other exercise bike trip. I have only been doing this for a couple of weeks, and I'm not really steady on the bike yet nor am I in very good shape. So I did my 2 miles uphill and had returned on my two miles downhill. As I approached the end of the trail, I need to cross the street where there are blind curves in both directions. So I stop and listen before I attempt m

Bicycle Bob

Situations and characters in Sense and Sensibility in the later novels.

I’ve notice a number of situations in S&S which crop up the later books and probably better handled.
Among others I note these. Any other suggestions?

A female tyrant imposing a marriage – Mrs Ferrers – Lady Catherine
A mother with daughters in straitened circumstances – Mrs Dashwood – it is what Mrs Bennet fears will happen after Mr Bennet’s death
A last minute off stage and unlooked for e

Situations and characters in Sense and Sensibility in the later novels.

A Little Bit Of Humour # 157

ARE YOU WEARING A GHOULISH JUMPER?

Are you wearing a ghoulish Jumper?
Well its contents are rather bumper
I don’t think you’re one of those kooks
And that’s a lovely pair of spooks

WHINGING BRITS ABROAD # 12

The beach was right outside the hotel
Which I suppose was alright
But is wasn’t much like the brochure
The sand was yellow not white

THE THREE FOOT GHOSTS AND GHOULS

The t

A Little Bit Of Humour # 157

The mourning doll free on kindle 31st oct - 4th nov

Hello Everyone,

I have recently published my historical romance novel 'THE MOURNING DOLL' on Amazon Kindle and it will be free for five days beginning tomorrow (Saturday, 31st October to Wednesday, 4th November).

Thank-you for your time,

K. J. Kay

The mourning doll free on kindle 31st oct - 4th nov

Running Away

Once, I found myself, running from my past.
I ran and ran and thought my heart might burst.
I ran past a mirror, so very fast,
That I did not reflect upon it.

Running Away

expression

writing
has a kind
that brings
together
a find
that reading has mind
whichever way it aligns
up or down
or around
it is prosperous
to abound
or perferous
to assign
blind to astound

expression

adult words versus children's words

should a writer carefully select which type of words to use in order not to offend a young reader?

this is taken from the concept of adult humour versus the child one.

or should we include all but they have to be child friendly so both adult and child feel can feel they relate and what a better place to start then literature itself?

adult words versus children's words

Spaghetti Words

My words are like spaghetti,
I cook them down.
Throw them hard, against the wall.
If they stick, I post them all.

Spaghetti Words

Robert Holdstock's Lost Stories

I've been writing an academic paper on Robert Holdstock's views, or rather, his "theory" of storytelling. He has mentioned on many occasions that the main inspiration for his Ryhope Wood -series has been the lost oral stories that were never written down. "To every Iliad and Odyssey there are hundreds of equally magnificent stories that were lost in time", he said. His Ryhope Wood series have been

Robert Holdstock's Lost Stories

A Little Bit Of Humour # 156

ARE YOU WEARING A HALLOWEEN SWEATER?

Are you wearing a Halloween sweater?
It’s a bit cute and pretty in my view
So if you don’t mind my saying so
You’re not a proper witch are you?

WHINGING BRITS ABROAD # 11

The golden beach was outside the hotel
Which was really handy
But although it looked like the brochure
The beach was too sandy

THE COMPANY WHO SUPPLIED

The company who sup

A Little Bit Of Humour # 156

Re-reading Sense and Sensibility - plot and characterisation

I’ve just finished Sense and Sensibility. It is a very fine novel and if Jane Austen hadn’t written five other novels it would be her finest.

It is a highly ingenious plot, probably the most elaborate she wrote. But to begin with it seems too schematic with the two sisters contrasted as Sense and Sensibility. (My sympathies are all with Elinor and in the early chapters Maria

Re-reading Sense and Sensibility - plot and characterisation

Flannery O'Connor

Can anyone explain to me Flannery O'Connor's concept on the use of violence in short stories. I have to write a 5 page Argumentative Essay explaining why/how I believe her theory is valid. Basically, can anyone give me some insight on what exactly these 2 quotes by her mean?

"I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality."

Flannery O'Connor

Why the haters hate me

Why the haters hate me

I’ve finally figured it out. It’s on accounta Facebook. I’ve proclaimed my love for my woman with no sense of public decorum. The haters feel it’s ‘politically incorrect’ to do so. That’s sexual politics for you.

“You simply can’t do something in public you should be doing in private.”

That’s the

Why the haters hate me

The Next Day

It was about 5 A.M. and I had to pee. I got up from the bed, hmmm, wonder how I got here? I half walked, half staggered to the commode. On the way, I thought stagger, stagger, crawl, crawl, what movie was that from? Oh yeah, Yellow Beard, ha! Well, Mister Beard, you’ll not find me crawling to the potty, no siree.

I get to the pot, and sit. Yeah, I said sit! It’s been more than a few year

The Next Day

To Drink by Jane Hirshfield

Hello all!

I am hoping you guys will be able to help me unpack this poem:


To Drink

I want to gather your darkness
in my hands, to cup it like water
and drink.
I want this in the same way
as I want to touch your cheek -
it is the same -
the way a moth will come
to the bedroom window in late September,
beating and beating its wings against cold glass,
the way a h

To Drink by Jane Hirshfield

Things We Were Told As Children

[CENTER]Eat your vegetables.

If you don’t quit making that face, it’ll freeze like that.

Don’t go in the water for 20 minutes after eating.

Look at me when I’m talking to you.

Don’t pick that, it’ll get infected.

Do you think money grows on trees?

Stop crying before I give you something to cry about!

Sit up straight, or you’ll get a hunchback.

Don&

Things We Were Told As Children

A Little Bit Of Humour # 155

ARE YOU WEARING A SPOOKY SWEATER?

Are you wearing a spooky sweater?
Well there’s no attempt to hide
The ample contents so I would say
You could turn me to the dark side

WHINGING BRITS ABROAD #10

While we were in Spain
I bought a Rolex from an Algerian
Which turned out to be a fake
I’ll never see those 10 Euros again

THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE

There is a special place
In hell f

A Little Bit Of Humour # 155

Spring Seizure

Jacaranda blooms
falling
Violet on the green grass
and there goes another
part of my memory.
As a lone honey eater
takes flight,
I see butterflies
flutter on the soft breeze,
Pongo strolling across the roof,
the washing billowing in the wind.
I ought to say 'bye bye'
Soon there will be no colour left.

Spring Seizure

[untitled]

[CENTER]This is my personal hell,
And I'm welcome to stay
To repay mistakes never made
And to give my broken wings away.

They say it's far to late for me to fly,
That I can't ride along the clouds,
The sun and the sky.

The Cerberus is deaf and blind,
And so is the keeper,
But their fangs will still find
My heart and keep her.

Am I homeless or is this home?
Am I lifeless or never

[untitled]

Flaws of oblivion

Hello

I must admit that my English is too far from perfect so please excuse the mistakes in this letter!

I am Plamen and I am from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. This February the American publishing house Neverland Publishing released Flaws of Oblivion – an anthology of poetry, prose and photography that showcases the talents of four emerging writers from around the world as well as som

Flaws of oblivion

Raking Autumns Produce

I confess, I really don’t rake much anymore, in the truest sense of the word. I have a backpack blower that I use to gather up the “countless” leaf clutter each year into large piles. Then I do actually rake them onto canvass tarpaulins, approximately 16’ by 12’, and haul them off to the adjoining woods. My home sits upon an acre of property and is flanked on two

Raking Autumns Produce

As I lay Dying line from homer's Odyssey

hello wondering if anyone here can help out, I hope this is the correct forum. Faulkner named his book after this quote from the odyssey

"As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades."

does anyone know which translation its from ? I have the fitzgerald and I cant find there in book XI (not the exact words)


thanks for your help

As I lay Dying line from homer's Odyssey

The End

As the end draws near,
Release your fear.
Show remorse on this dark day,
And raise your glance above the fray.

Drink of heart, the witch’s brew.
Share this wine, in death renew.
Bring no despair,
Into death’s lair.

The End

Track Number Seven

[CENTER]TRACK NUMBER SEVEN

I hope this verse,
Receives a quorum,
From friends and members,
Of the Model Train Forum.

The hobby we share,
Oft times with great flare,
Gives ease to our mind,
And smiles to mankind.

Skill levels diverse.
In our universe.
From building a table,
For those who are able,
To laying of track,
We have the knack.

The trains that are run,
In circula

Track Number Seven

A Little Bit Of Humour # 154

ARE YOU WEARING A HALLOWEEN CARDIGAN?

Are you wearing a Halloween Cardigan?
A cardigan? On all hallows eve
A “cardie” doesn’t say “night of the dead”
So I don’t think you really believe

WHINGING BRITS ABROAD # 9

When we were on holiday
My wife was bitten by a mosquito
Nowhere in the brochure
Did it mention mosquitoes

THEY’VE STARTED A BREEDING PROGRAM

They’ve started a breed

A Little Bit Of Humour # 154

Aphorism #61 To Excel in what is Excellent.

Aphorism #61 To Excel in what is Excellent.

A great rarity among excellences. You cannot have a great man without something pre-eminent. Mediocrities never win applause. Eminence in some distinguished post distinguishes one from the vulgar mob and ranks us with the elect. To be distinguished in a Small post is to be great in little: the more comfort, the less glory. The highest eminence in great

Aphorism #61 To Excel in what is Excellent.

"" OLD SHEM" the Story Teller

" OLD SHEM"
by Jacob Ben Avraham
from my second book "Reminiscence of Yesteryear" (which is in progress)



Old Shem, the son of Noah, Son of Methuselah, slowly made his way up the grassy hill which overlooked the wide expanse of the plains of Shinar. He would make this trip everyday, after all, he had a lot to tell the youths.

At the top,

"" OLD SHEM" the Story Teller

The Night Before

It’s once again, the night before. You wonder now, the night before what? It’s unknown, since the next day’s events cannot be predicted. On this particular night before, something was unremarkably different. This has become my paradox.

If it is unremarkable, then why write about it, you my think. Because, with each previous night before, there has been an anticipation of what possibil

The Night Before

&c.

I sometimes see '&c.' in old books, where today we would probably write 'etc.'. Does anyone know what '&.c' is short for and how it is pronounced?

&c.

Henry Mayhew's description of a cheap lodging house

I have been reading Henry Mayhew's London Labour & The London Poor, written in the late 1840's and early 1850's. Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews with poor people around the city, which he published in a magazine called the Morning Chronicle. The bit I was just reading was about visiting a cheap lodging house. It reminded me very much of Oliver Twist.

[I]The pickpockets gen

Henry Mayhew's description of a cheap lodging house

Christmas Story for Kids of all ages LOL ( I wrote)

I put this story on Utube and folks seem to like it this way, the kids can view it and pause to read plus the illustrations show up nicely, I do have it in PDF format as well and have had folks print it out for the kiddo's. Enjoy! :santasmil
https://youtu.be/CD0aV83fk0U

Christmas Story for Kids of all ages LOL ( I wrote)

LitNet and Publishing

Now that, for the first time, I'm actually trying to get some of my fiction published in fee-paying magazines, I was wondering what the impact of having published drafts of work here on LitNet had on their publishing prospects.

A lot of magazines seem to specify that work should not have been published elsewhere. There doesn't seem to be a clear answer as to whether this includes internet forum

LitNet and Publishing

A Little Bit Of Humour # 153

ARE YOU WEARING HALLOWEEN EARRINGS?

Are you wearing Halloween earrings?
They rather fill me with dread?
Please answer me one question
Are they real shrunken heads?

CRAFT IS AN ACRONYM

CRAFT is an acronym for
“Can’t remember a ****ing thing”
And it’s an Acronym for
“Can’t remember a ****ing thing”

WHINGING BRITS ABROAD # 8

We had to line up outside
To catch the sightseeing bo

A Little Bit Of Humour # 153

Aphorism #60 A Sound Judgment.

Aphorism #60 A Sound Judgment.

Some are born wise, and with this natural advantage enter upon their studies, with a moiety already mastered. With age and experience their reason ripens, and thus they attain a sound judgment. They abhor everything whimsical as leading prudence astray, especially in matters of state, where certainty is so necessary, owing to the importance of the affairs involved.,

Aphorism #60 A Sound Judgment.

Leviathan Theme

I recently read a book called Leviathan, and at the same time in my english class we began discussing "theme". My teacher told us that there is one main theme in a novel, and that it can be completely summed up in one phrase, or even one word. Is this really always true?
In the book Leviathan, the underlying theme I notice is war, but how can you put all of the elements of war into one phrase? Th

Leviathan Theme

If 1984 had a soundtrack

After reading the book, "1984" by George Orwell and after listening to. "Drones" by Muse, I realized that both share many similarities. Both are stories of a person feeling pressed by society and decides he's had enough and revolts. It is jut so perfect how they relate. If you ever have time listen to "Drones" by Muse.

If 1984 had a soundtrack

how to erase mental health records

so i just turned 18 and i was diagnosed a couple of years ago with mental illness not schizophrenia but psychosis which is somewhat related but anywho i have a purpose which is to get rid of my mental health records but i just don't know how and i would like to speak with a doctor but the problem is you have to put your credit card which has some information which i really don't feel like giving o

how to erase mental health records

Gen 12, "the faith of abraham"

]PARASHA "Lech-Lecha" (go out yourself) GEN 12, "The Faith of Abraham"


GENESIS 12:1 - 17..........ISAIAH 40:27-41:16.............ROMANS 4:1-25

There is a lot of teaching on the subject of Abraham, but I would like to concentrate on a few details. "His Calling" Adonai looked upon Abraham as an "open minded person" He was "searching" for the "One true God" being raised in Mesopotamia, in

Gen 12, "the faith of abraham"

Bananas Beaches and Bases by Cynthia Enloe

Hello,

I am meeting Cynthia Enloe this Tuesday during lecture to discuss her book "Bananas Beaches and Bases". However, I would like to get some help and ask you guys what would be good questions to ask her regarding her well written book? Please help. Thank you.

Best,

Fernando

Bananas Beaches and Bases by Cynthia Enloe

Pep Talk

Alright, let’s go. That was our last five minutes, get up. If today’s the day we said we were gonna do it, today’s the day we’re gonna do it. C’mon, get up. We’re not gonna spend another day in bed.

Good, sitting up is good. Good start. Two feet on the floor; we’re on a roll. Anything’s fine to wear, just get over to the dresser, avoid the mirror, and now that we’re over here we might want to c

Pep Talk

Possibilities and Probabilities !

Hello all - just arrived and found this - am ploughing through some good yet lengthy research for work and have been distracted on a rainy afternoon.

Anyone else have a passion for great Victorian industrialists / pioneers / entrepreneurs ?

Possibilities and Probabilities !

Morbid Threads

I once had a suit,
Made of morbid threads.
It was very depressing,
Each time I pressed it.

Morbid Threads

Phrase "walked into infinity"

Does anyone know the phrase "to walk into infinity?" What does it mean?

Phrase "walked into infinity"

Recommendations of a classic novel

I am trying to locate a novel that highlights the mother/son bond/relationship. I am looking for a gift for a relative who is a reading enthusiast with a very ill mother. I've been unable to find anything significant. Any suggestions?

Recommendations of a classic novel

Very pleased to be here

I am an elderly lady who was lured hence some time ago by a lively discussion about Jane Eyre. I can't recall the specifics, I think it had to do with what Charlotte meant by it.

So I made a bookmark and put a note under a pill bottle, but due to changes in hardware and medication, I only just now got around to registering.

I look forward to finding that thread again in my next rare moment

Very pleased to be here

Suffering

I know the pain,
Of icy rain.
It dwells within,
Beneath my skin.

Suffering

On What to Do Next

Is there no end, no end to the nothing,
Even a nothing that brims with somethings?
Trivial day-to-day acts of frustration,
Place-holders, routines in lieu of crescendos!
In tense apprehensive anticipation
We toe-tap and drum and frazzle our brains,
Tick-tock and talk away qualm after qualm.
What next? What next?
Another birthday, another eclipse,
A comet, a curse, and a random shooting;

On What to Do Next

The Bottom of the Bag

When their mother finally died (and her death was a lengthy and egregious process), Thomas and Lidia dove into the distasteful task of fossicking through her belongings, culling out salvageable and sentimental items, and lumping together charitable donations and undisguised refuse. Until the very end, their mother—Alice—had clutched to her bosom and declared sacrosanct an old handbag, woven out of

The Bottom of the Bag

English dissertation idea - dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction.

Hey guys, first ever post so hi! Nice to be part of a new community consisting of fellow literary enthusiasts.

Basically, I just wanted to throw out my early dissertation idea to see if anybody had any input, advice or general comments. I am thinking about investigating the role of religion and faith in post-apocalyptic and/or dystopian fiction (specifically looking at texts set in a futuristic

English dissertation idea - dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction.

Don Quixote

[CENTER]To be honest, I've never liked this guy
But something in common have he and I
He read too many novels about knights' pride
So do I read too many novels and they are my guide

They are close to me, and reality is far
I suffer and I am happy when characters are
The worst thing is with thrillers
I live in my mind with all those criminals and dealers

That's why I have decided to rid myself f

Don Quixote

Mansfield Park - love it or loathe it?

Mansfield Park is probably the least favourite of Austen's novels for some and, certainly in the past, the most loved for others.

I'm reading it again at the moment. The character of Fanny is not a problem for me at all - I warm to the Cinderella, Ugly Duckling aspect. Just thought Mrs Norris and the Bertram sisters are Cinder's stepmother and sisters, though I'm not sure Austen would have kn

Mansfield Park - love it or loathe it?

A Little Bit Of Humour # 152

ARE YOU WEARING EAU DE COLOGNE?

Are you wearing eau de Cologne?
Well something smells wrong
I don’t think it’s the real deal
Like it was bottled in Hong Kong?

WINKS IS AN ACRONYM

WINKS is an acronym for
"Women with Incomes and
No Kids" plenty of money
But no ring on their hand

WHINGING BRITS ABROAD # 7

When we were in Spain there
Were a lot of foreigner there
And they al

A Little Bit Of Humour # 152

Aphorism #58 Adapt Yourself to your Company.

Aphorism #58 Adapt Yourself to your Company.

There is no need to show your ability before every one. Employ no more force than is necessary. Let there be no unnecessary expenditure either of knowledge or of power. The skilful falconer only flies enough birds to serve for the chase. If there is too much display to-day there will be nothing to show to-morrow. Always have some novelty wherewith to d

Aphorism #58 Adapt Yourself to your Company.

The Candidate's Creed

[CENTER]
If I am elected, I promise to continue to be diligent in pursuit of a continuing effort to insure that the trust you have shown me has been properly attributed. I will assuage all attempts to degrade the office to which, and for which I have been elected. I will endeavor to persevere in all matters brought before me.

These things are of superior importance to me, and, by extension to yo

The Candidate's Creed

Hello Everyone

Hello to everyone. I'm Adriatik. A 22 year old boy from Albania. If you don't know where it is Albania then shame on you :P
Just joking, maybe you should google it! However, i love writting and reading that's the reason i joined this forum. I am more at "Stories"! I love to read true stories from real people. With "Stories" i mean like inspirational stories where by reading them, we can feel bett

Hello Everyone

Me And The Mandolin

[CENTER]A few months ago, my wife bought a kitchen helper called a mandolin. It is a slicer. A single blade, super sharp, set on a plastic ramp. You simply set your thickness setting with a dial and scale on the side of the device. Then take whatever you desire to slice, put it into the holder (NOW THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT) and slice away. Perfect slices, every time.

So, I'm making some sausage l

Me And The Mandolin

Politics?

How I see politics.


I am not an expert, believe me. Following, are two definitions of the political parties I found on the internet. I think they are fair handed and fairly understandable.

Following these explanations are my own take on what these two parties are, what they stand for, and what part of the population of these United States they serve.

You are free and able to make your o

Politics?

the concept of a corpus of books

Hi all,

continuing a previous post concerning 'groundbreaking books',
i now realize that what i want to find is:

Books that define a literature genre, either by initiating it
or by bringing it to its highest peak.

My concern is to move away from the single, standalone book,
toward a more broad view of the corpus which the book naturally belongs to.

This might be a formidable task, requiring d

the concept of a corpus of books

Circles of Tracks

[CENTER]CIRCLES OF TRACKS

Bought an old Lionel,
And took it home.
Put it on some track.
In a wink, it took me back.
Suddenly, it was 1954,
I was 8 years old,
And a kid once more.

The tracks of my life,
Have oft lead to strife.
Now the tracks just go ‘round,
And the trains do too,
Life for me, has begun anew.
My frame may be old,
With a loose wheel or two.
My trains keep me sharp

Circles of Tracks

Time

[CENTER]OnTime

Do you have the time?
Can you spare the time?
Do you know the time?

Does daylight savings time
Really save time?
Where do they store it,
After it’s saved?

Is the plane on time?
Is the train on time?
When is the baby due?
Is it on time?

Throughout the day,
People rush to and fro.
What do they do?
Where do they go?
Are they late?
Can they wait?
Is time o

Time

No Apologies

[CENTER]I'm all alone
Singin' songs to weeds
I'm all but done
But I've got no apologies
No apologies

Dying light
Sprinkled through leaves
A canopy of broken dreams
But I've got no apologies
No apologies

Cut to the bone
My love bled out long ago
Foretold conclusion
But I've got no apologies
No apologies

I'm all alone
Makin' love to weeds
Kissed by the sun
And I'm all apologi

No Apologies

Snow Desert

From February 2015. There are eight photos in the series. The images don't seem to look too good here, so I'm just posting this one and the link to the album through which you can see them properly.

Snow Desert

Breaking News

[CENTER]

A fire, a fire,
A house is on fire.
We don’t know any details,
We have a crew on the way.
We’ll let you know when we have more information.

A man was shot,
And found in the street.
We don’t know his name,
We’re investigating.
We’ll keep you updated.

A body was found in the river.
We do not yet have an identity.
An autopsy will be performed.
More later.

This is the

Breaking News

Evening News

[CENTER]Channel 5 Nightly News

BREAKING NEWS!

We have just received a report that the Newscopter 12 has been involved in a near miss air accident with a group of migrating ducks.

But first, here is an update on the opossum story we told you about on our 3 A.M. broadcast yesterday. It seems as though the opossum has since left the vicinity, and the family witnessing the opossum is now saf

Evening News

Where Would We Be?

[CENTER]WHERE WOULD WE BE

Where would we be,
Without camaraderie?
Our hobby of choice,
Gives many a voice.

But where to speak,
And where to spout?
What avenue,
Your ideas to tout?

A forum you say,
Join here today.
Folks like me, and folks like you,
Sharing stuff, we like to do.

If it’s help you need,
Just plant the seed.
It will grow and flourish,
Your mind to nourish.

Where Would We Be?

Aphorism #57 Slow and Sure.

Aphorism #57 Slow and Sure.

Early enough if well. Quickly done can be quickly undone. To last an eternity requires an eternity of preparation. Only excellence counts; only achievement endures. Profound intelligence is the only foundation for immortality. Worth much costs much. The precious metals are the heaviest. [URL="http://ift.tt/1jVdScW:

Aphorism #57 Slow and Sure.

Empty Wine Bottles

[CENTER]EMPTY WINE BOTTLES


You are born. You grow, you learn. You learn, you grow. And so, your life progresses. You meet people, others, like you. At first, all your peers are small, like you. Others, the teachers, are bigger. You soon become your own person, with likes, and dislikes, friends and foes. You are still learning, because, that is the way of things.

If you are luck

Empty Wine Bottles

Looking for feedback on four short stories

Greetings,

This is my first post on these forums. Recently, I published a "novella," which, originally, consisted of four short stories. My style is unique and highly experimental: something along the lines of avant garde prose poetry. I'm basically just looking for feedback from experienced readers concerning how I can improve as a writer. The book is free and will remain so until this Sunday,

Looking for feedback on four short stories

Ramdon Musings

[CENTER]"It just goes to show, once you think you know everything, along comes something you didn't know, and you didn't know that you didn't know it."

"Having reached the highest levels of mediocrity, we had nowhere else to go."

"Do I sense derision, in your decision?"

[COLOR="#0000CD"][CENTER]"Who so only belongs to his age, references only it's popinjays and mumbo jumbos." THOMAS CARLYLE

Ramdon Musings

Dusty

I love going out to dinner with my family, I always have since I was very young. When my father gets to talking at the dinner table he always brings up stories from when my sister and myself were children, far before we could have any conscious memories of anything other than huge life changing events. These stories always somehow involved how hilarious we were as children. He would tell tales of

Dusty

Apologies and Life Update

Hello everyone!

So, first I need to apologise for my sudden disappearance from LitNet. I hope nobody was worried. It was never my intention to stop coming to LitNet. It was just that, one day, when I was (as usual) crazily busy, I thought to myself ‘I won’t check LitNet today, I’ve just don’t have enough time’. I didn’t check-in the following day either. Or the one after that. And so on. It’s b

Apologies and Life Update

I Love My New Haircut

What a way to be;
stuck between wants and failures,
distended with imprisoned pride,
sleeping as if by doing so
you were chipping away at something-

What a way to try;
Just a little at a time, and
not much at all.

What a way to want to try;
What an unsettling thing to have to do this at all.

It’s always too easy to drift away, you find,
and too often you do.

But then yo

I Love My New Haircut

Ode to Nicole

[CENTER][FONT=Lucida Console][SIZE=7]Ode To Nicole

Dear Nicole,
Wherever you are,
Wherever you may be,
Please know that,
We miss you dearly.

Perhaps you have slipped
Your earthly bonds,
And the chains of pain,
That tied you.

Our hearts once light,
For having known you,
Remain heavy now,
For having lost you.
[/S

Ode to Nicole

How is Romeo Presented in Act1sc1,Act1sc5 & Act3sc1 of R & J Baz Luhrmann Film?

Give Evidence and explain it? How is he presented in these scenes of the film? I know for.one that he is in the silhouette at the start which shows he is depressed. What else

How is Romeo Presented in Act1sc1,Act1sc5 & Act3sc1 of R & J Baz Luhrmann Film?

A Very Short and Very True Story

The names of the people have been changed. The event mentioned, however, is an actual depiction of what occurred.

Several decades past, I became associated with the military. Not by choice, but by a drafty situation. On the second day, after my arrival, we, the newcomers, were told to line up in alphabetical order to receive our military uniforms. We were each given a piec

A Very Short and Very True Story

How is Romeo Presented in Romeo and Juliet in Act1sc1,Act1sc5,Act3sc1

Giving examples and explanations

Please help!

How is Romeo Presented in Romeo and Juliet in Act1sc1,Act1sc5,Act3sc1

Hello

Byeeee

Hello

A quote on style

This has been a bee in my bonnet for ages

The quote is something like this:

Quote:

---

Style is what distinguishes the lithe movements of the panther from the gibbering of the monkey

---

I thought Sontag in her essay "On Style" but I can't find it there (don't mean it isn't there, just means I can't find it)

Any ideas?

Tnx.

A quote on style

The Last Roundup

[CENTER] The Last Roundup

A cowboy upon his horse did ride.
He had succeeded at what he tried.
Throughout his life, he’d done no harm.
He had stayed away from evil’s charm.

There was a time only he did know.
A time with her, his Dominoe.
She held his heart for just awhile.
She’d captured him with just her smile.

She held him close, she held him fast.
He stayed with her until t

The Last Roundup

My beauty

The night scattered my lover and
the stars like confetti, beauty caught
her, autumn winds brought the last
embers from the summer sun. Nature
tests it's brush with a shade from her
auburn hair making the tangerine mist declare
a different hue. My dearest's eyes are painted
into the windows of the night previewing
her ravishing gaze until it becomes a
satellite shared with the world then r

My beauty

The Write Time

[CENTER]
When the right time comes,
How will we know?
Will it jump up,
And say hello?
What will we do?
Where will we go?

If you’re running your trains,
Your friends to show,
Just watch for the smiles,
And their happy glow.

Describe your work,
And the fun you had.
Creating this world,
Life ain’t that bad.

Let them know,
It can be done.
They can do it too,
And join our fun

The Write Time

Old Guy

[CENTER]I met an old guy,
Who cared not a hoot.
If someone stopped by,
He’d give them the boot.

He’d curse and he’d holler.
He’d shake his fist,
He’d yank their collar.
And twist their wrist.

A mean old man,
When we first met,
Until our first,
Tete-a-tete.

He talked and talked,
As I did listen,
I’m sure he noticed,
How my eyes did glisten.

He told me his sorrow,
His tale

Old Guy

(Rather Long) Short Story

[CENTER]

Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Jack, Jack Diamond. I am a private detective. Jack Diamond isn’t my real name, of course. My actual given name was Sarah Lee Brown. My parents loved brownies (with those special ingredients), and they were real jokers. They even had the funny hats to prove it.

Now, you may be wondering why I use the name Jack Diamond. Well, I hav

(Rather Long) Short Story

Friendship

[CENTER]Our time, but too brief.
We’ve shared smiles and we’ve shared grief.
You are a dear friend.

When living was hard,
When life brought clouds, you brought sun.
Faithful friend I found.

We have exchanged thoughts.
Ideas, and ideals,
Traded back and forth.

True friends may be rare.
To remain close, one must care.
Our friendship is true.

Life slows, winter comes.
Through all

Friendship

Getting Wet Feet

I am but a newbie, a writer of sorts, a wannabe poet, and am frightful of scary people. That said, I have but one story and wish to offer it here, for someone's enjoyment. I had posted it on another venue, but it was not a good place, and there wasn't much interest. I have a fragile ego, and will run away if you smack me in the eye. I just wanted to say these things, and see if this is friendl

Getting Wet Feet

can literature promote violence?

it could be any literature from song to book to poetry?
in other words
can literature that provoke any undesired/unwanted feeling/meaning leads to physical disrepute?

can literature promote violence?

sing

sing a song
because
it is that strong
the desire to say
you belong

words are birds
in a musical world

when you sing
they bring happyness
a wing
so you can
fly and be
high
without moving a sigh

sing

A Little Bit Of Humour # 151

ARE YOU WEARING SENSIBLE FOOTWEAR?

Are you wearing Sensible Footwear?
They are a kind of stout boot
And with your skinny legs
I think you look rather cute

DINKY IS AN ACRONYM

DINKY is an acronym for
“Double income no kits yet”
And Dinky’s are really as
Smug as it’s possible to get

WHINGING BRITS ABROAD # 6

“No hairdressers at the resort”
The sign said at the resort
My wi

A Little Bit Of Humour # 151

Aphorism #56 Have Presence of Mind.

Aphorism #56 Have Presence of Mind.

The child of a happy promptitude of spirit. Owing to this vivacity and wideawakeness there is no fear of danger or mischance. Many reflect much only to go wrong in the end: others attain their aim without thinking of it beforehand. There are natures of Antiperistasis who work best in an emergency. They are like monsters who succeed in all they do offhand, but f

Aphorism #56 Have Presence of Mind.

The Manifesto of Satanic Literature

The Manifesto of Satanic Literature
by Wolf Larsen

Warning: if you are easily upset, or if sex makes you uncomfortable, or if you are very religious, then stop reading now. You have been warned.

Nail all English teachers to the cross at once!

Use your penises to write poetry!

Use English grammar manuals as toilet paper!

Immediately begin peeing on everything! Masturbate in public every day!

The Manifesto of Satanic Literature

The Reader Meets Wolf Larsen

The Reader Meets Wolf Larsen
by Wolf Larsen

Warning: do not read this if you are against sex. Thank you for your understanding. You have been warned!

You’re riding the subway. Suddenly, you see a familiar face, from the Internet, you’ve never met the guy in person, but you’ve read some of his writings...
Strange! He looks so normal! In fact, he’s the most normal looking person on the subwa

The Reader Meets Wolf Larsen

A Chat between Satan & Wolf Larsen in Hell. Care to Join Us?

A Chat between Satan & Wolf Larsen in Hell. Care to Join Us?
by Wolf Larsen

Warning: do not read this if you have a problem with sex, or if you are very religious.

Satan: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Wolf Larsen: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Wolf Larsen: it’s great to have this opportunity to talk with you sir. And please let me say, I’ve always been an admirer of yours!

Satan: stop kissin

A Chat between Satan & Wolf Larsen in Hell. Care to Join Us?

Hey Satan! Meet My Sexy Wife!

Hey Satan! Meet My Sexy Wife!
A short story dedicated to Lucifer
by Wolf Larsen

Warning: don’t read this if you are very religious, or if you are uptight about sex. You have been warned!

You’re selling your wife on the street. The devil comes and buys your wife for the evening. As you think of what your wife & the devil are doing at that moment you’re masturbating stars into the sky — you’

Hey Satan! Meet My Sexy Wife!

The More I Should Write

The more I should write
the less I write.

Why not 1 hour a day?
Every two days?
A week?
A month?

Why not do
and not just daydream?
It can't be because what I'm doing now is easier
It feels so hard to live this way.

The More I Should Write

Opinions on my idea for a "superhero" type of story.

Let me preface this by saying I've been a large fan of superheroes most of my life. Some of my favorite cartoons as a kid were X-Men Evolution, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, and Dragonball Z. Then, a few years ago, I began collecting comics along with my brother. It's been great and I haven't really looked back. The funny thing is I realized I preferred superhero comics from companies other than Mar

Opinions on my idea for a "superhero" type of story.

Hail Satan Now!

Hail Satan Now!
A love poem to Satan by Wolf Larsen

The usual warning: do not read this if you have hangups about sex, or if you are very religious.

Satan!

I love you like a penis loves a vagina!

I love you like spermatozoa loves something giant & pink & beautiful to swim into!

The orgies of hell are the most desired destiny of any man or woman!

Satan! You are my music!

You are the greates

Hail Satan Now!

Great Application to Find Quotes

Hi Everyone !,

I have developed an Android Application Called "Quotes for Messenger". It's Free and dedicated to all the users of this Forum who loves sharing/reading Quotes ! :)
This Application contains more than 78,000 Quotes of 12,000+ distinct Authors !

[B][U]Now You don't need to ask everyone for which Quote is this or Who Said this Quote, You just Need to search that Quote or Author Name

Great Application to Find Quotes

Aphorism #55 Wait.

Aphorism #55 Wait.

It's a sign of a noble heart dowered with patience, never to be in a hurry, never to be in a passion. First be master over yourself if you would be master over others. You must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the centre of opportunity. A wise reserve seasons the aims and matures the means. Time's crutch effects more than the iron club of Hercules. God

Aphorism #55 Wait.

Literary period/ movement - Tha machine that won the war

Hello,

I wondered which literary movement "The machine that won the war" by Isaac Asimov belongs to and why? For me it doesn't really fit into any of the literary periods.

I would be really glad if you could help me!

Literary period/ movement - Tha machine that won the war

Looking for a poem

I'm trying to find the author and works of a particular poem (I think). Here is what I recall: It begins with the narrator with their friend/another person who is talking in their sleep. The narrator asks what they are dreaming about, there is a reply I don't remember the specifics of and the sleeping friend asks if there is sand below or sharp rocks, the speaker replies "Sand," and says something

Looking for a poem

Any writer/translater around?

Hi. Just arrived and happy to be here. I have a proposal: I have a novel in Spanish I´d like to translate to English. I believe that the best translator is a writer. I translate from English to Spanish (happy to say that my last work was Tolkien :D ). As I cannot afford the costs of translating my novel, I thought of the following: if somebody out there is interested in translating his/her novel f

Any writer/translater around?

Need help !

Hello there all of you !
I am new on this website or forum and I am here because I need help. I am in universtity in an english litterature program. I need to write an essay and I realised aswell as my composition teacher, that I suck.

I am writing an essay on Raymond Carver's Cathedral and Charlotte Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper and how the isolation of the narrating characters' isolation mak

Need help !

Aphorism #54 Know how to show your Teeth.

Aphorism #54 Know how to show your Teeth.

Even hares can pull the mane of a dead lion. There is no joke about courage. Give wayto the first and you must yield to the second, and so on till the last, and to gain your point at last costs as much trouble as would have gained much more at first. Moral courage exceeds physical; it should be like a sword kept ready for use in the scabbard of caution. I

Aphorism #54 Know how to show your Teeth.

A Gentleman's Tears

Mr. Hornaby pursed his lips as he peered down into the seemingly endless darkness of the well. The darkness was so thick and so tangible that Mr. Hornaby was sure it had no bottom. It had been his morbid fascination for the last thirty-five years. The sky was strewn with colors like a painter's canvas and church bells already resounded throughout the city. Birds seemed to scold him from their rest

A Gentleman's Tears

A Midsummer's Night Wet Dream the play

A Midsummer’s Night Wet Dream
a play by Wolf Larsen

I'M BETTER THAN SHAKES-A-PAIR-ASSES!

Warning: do not read this if you are against sex or are very religious or easily offended by just about anything.

ACT I
SCENE I. An abandoned building that serves as both a crackhouse and house of prostitution.
Enter A NAKED JESUS, HIPPOPOTAMUS ***, RICHARD J DALEY, and Attendants

MR. TESTICLES
Nup

A Midsummer's Night Wet Dream the play

whistle

happyness is a
whistle in the air
that indicates
it is there
even when it is not fair
life does not
care
because one day
it will come back and stare
it made it aware

whistle

what is renaissance?

linguistically it is a french term for to be born again from renaitre.

what is renaissance?

Aphorism #53 Diligent and Intelligent.

Aphorism #53 Diligent and Intelligent.

Diligence promptly executes what intelligence slowly excogitates. Hurry is the failing of fools; they know not the crucial point and set to work without preparation. On the other hand, the wise more often fail from procrastination; foresight begets deliberation, and remiss action often nullifies prompt judgment. Celerity is the mother of good fortune. He has

Aphorism #53 Diligent and Intelligent.

Does great art flourish in periods of wealth and power? Or "wars make good arts?"

I'm talking about periods, not a 2 o 3 individuals. Like Golden Ages, Renaissances...

Does great art flourish in periods of wealth and power? Or "wars make good arts?"

A look at genesis 6 "noah" and the flood

Parasha "Noah"

GENESIS 6:9-11:32.....................ISAIAH 54:1-55:5..................1 PETER 3:18-22

In this Parasha, we see righteous Noach,. and his obedience to YHVH, as HE reveals the plan of destruction for mankind to Noach, and also, reveals HIS plan of YESHUAH (salvation) to Noach and his family. We see a definite division between "the bad guys" and the "good guy" between "unright

A look at genesis 6 "noah" and the flood

People Say I Use Google Translate? LITERATURE PEOPLE, HELP ME!

What the ****, I write like I write. I have no proper perspective on writing, I just write as if I was talking fast. Because I'm unhappy, and when you're unhappy you want to make points as fast as possible but too bad people don't understand it. And start thinking you're using google translate. What is it that you read? Oh yeah, english, there must be a problem with what words I use. I can read ev

People Say I Use Google Translate? LITERATURE PEOPLE, HELP ME!

book

What I was wanting to say is that I found Charles Dickens book, which was his last written, as it states unfished because of his death.
I would like to know if there are a lot of these out there.

book

Shakespeare's Lear compared to Edward Bond's Lear

Greetings everyone!
I would like to ask you all one thing and I have a feeling that I am in the right place. I need help with my master thesis which deals with connection between Shakespeare, Edward Bond and Tom Stoppard. Since I made this topic in King Lear's section I will exclude Tom Stoppard part for now. To be precise, my mentor suggested me to compare Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' with Edward

Shakespeare's Lear compared to Edward Bond's Lear

A Little Bit Of Humour # 150

ARE YOU WEARING THE BOSS’S HAT?

Are you wearing the boss’s hat?
I laugh when you call me that
And based on what I spend on kebabs
Either on my own or with the lads
It all adds up to a fair amount of money
Calling me boss is too true to be funny

NIMBY IS AN ACRONYM

NIMBY is an acronym for
“Not In My Back Yard”
If you want to find a Nimby
It really isn’t very hard

WHINGING BRIT

A Little Bit Of Humour # 150

Poem The Dragon of Death

need help for lesson plan. what is the message of the poem The Dragon of Death? how can we relate this poem to real life?

Poem The Dragon of Death

Aphorism #52 Never be put out.

Aphorism #52 Never be put out.

Â’Tis a great aim of prudence never to be embarrassed. It is the sign of a real man. of a noble heart, for magnanimity is not easily putout. The passions are the humours of the soul, and every excess in them weakens prudence; if they overflow through the mouth, the reputation will be in danger. Let a man therefore be so much and so great a master over himself that n

Aphorism #52 Never be put out.

Lines in the Mortar

"Interpret us," they say
With utmost regularity;
They: the interstitial grout
Within a bricky, blank redoubt...
Their monumental task I must decline.
And yet they call,
Rectilinear faction on the wall,
As if the Babylonians
Devised a pointless script
And grooved it about, too nondescript
For scholars to savvy.
"Interpret us!" they nonstop shriek,
And in the course of one scant week,
I

Lines in the Mortar

time measurement

the question is this

if time could be measured, clocks aside, how does yesterday measure compared to tomorrow
taking today as the point of reference?

time measurement

Greetings!

I may as well just blurt it out. I'm a complete newbie when it comes to literature forums and such. I've been writing since I was a kid, making short stories and I was always complimented on my works. My first real story was based on the Ugly Duckling and I was in 4th grade. My teacher deemed it the best story and she read it out loud. I was of course a bit ashamed and felt like a right geek, but

Greetings!

Aphorism #51 Know how to Choose well.

Aphorism #51 Know how to Choose well.

Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices. To be choice, you must choose, and for this two things are needed: to be able to choose at all, and then to choose the best. There are many men of fecund and subtle mind, of keen judgment, of much learning, and of great observation who yet a

Aphorism #51 Know how to Choose well.

Is it hard to read Le Tartuffe in french for a french beginner?

Is it hard to read Le Tartuffe in french for a french beginner?

Is it hard to read Le Tartuffe in french for a french beginner?

WERE ADAM AND EVE REALLY NAKED? (Gen 2:25 ; 3:6 ; Ex 34:30)

WERE ADAM AND EVE REALLY NAKED?

This midrash has been on my mind, I would like to share it with you all. Since we are starting over again with our Torah studies, the first Parasha was" B'Reisheet" and of course, it has the story of Adam and Eve, and their fall, which kinda threw the monkey wrench into G-d's perfect machinery.

We see their creation, and in Genesis 2:25 it reads "

WERE ADAM AND EVE REALLY NAKED? (Gen 2:25 ; 3:6 ; Ex 34:30)

Does Evil Ever Triumph?

I registered to this very interesting forum in order to get an answer to a specific question: can you name a literary work in which evil triumphs?
I mean a fiction story in which pure evil wins? Not just a tragedy in which the hero dies because the gods decided so, perhaps to punish some guilt, or his/her enemy were stronger but necessarily bad, or a natural event defeats the hero. I mean really

Does Evil Ever Triumph?

slanding

when evil
does not have a name
it comes crawling back
in shame
it wants to be brought to
fame
and forgets
it is all about the same
being own or being known
because
doing does not go blowing
it spills to damage flowing
it grows slowing
and
good has it all to blame
it should have remembered
to tame

slanding

Some Thoughts

Photon after photon
They come down to Earth
Like a silk, like a cotton
With our minds they flirt

Coming from the far away worlds
They transmit to us their talks
Maybe they utter wise words
Maybe they are telling us jokes

I hope, one day, at our best
We will understand completely
These cosmic tiny guests
Showing us our endless home neatly

Some Thoughts

Aphorism #50 Never lose Self-respect,

Aphorism #50 Never lose Self-respect,

or be too familiar with oneself. Let yourown right feeling be the true standard of your rectitude, and owe more to the strictness of your own self-judgment than to all external sanctions. Leave off anything unseemly more from regard for your own self-respect than from fear of external authority. Pay regard to that and there is no need of Seneca's imaginary tu

Aphorism #50 Never lose Self-respect,

****, I'm Falling

When you roll your ankle over a ridge in the street
and you are falling, you don’t have time
to think about the pain in your ankle,
or to think about putting your hands out in front of you,
or to think about landing so that your laptop doesn’t crash into the crosswalk—

You have time to think
****, I’m falling
and that’s about it,

and when you’re thinking
[I]****, I’m falling[/I

****, I'm Falling

Emotional Detachment

I wonder if Isabel Archer could have survived her marriage to Gilbert Osmond through the kind of therapy used in Co-Dependents Anonymous, specifically through "emotional detachment." I have attended 12-step meetings for a year and a half, and in them I have met women who have triumphed over ugly feelings about their husbands through emotional detachment. They appear to me to be among the happies

Emotional Detachment

Need quick help for Shakespeare's Sonnet

Hello everyone , I need a good analysis for the poetry of Shakespeare's Sonnet 12 , here's the sonnet :

When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer's green all g

Need quick help for Shakespeare's Sonnet

Pam ayers

I am new in this Forum and I am from France, I am searching for anyone who had to deal with Pam Ayers poem, Once I was a looker ;)))) thanks

Pam ayers

Aphorism #49 Observation and Judgment.

Aphorism #49 Observation and Judgment.

A man with these rules things, not they him. He sounds at once the profoundest depths; he is a phrenologist by means of physiognomy. On seeing a person he understands him and judges of his inmost nature. From a few observations he deciphers the most hidden recesses of his nature. Keen observation, subtile insight, judicious inference: with these he discovers

Aphorism #49 Observation and Judgment.

Can't remember name of short story!

I read this short story in a collection many years ago. It was about a girl who lived with her mother; they grew flowers and vegetables together. One day, the girl took white lilies from the garbage can of a church and planted them in their garden. The pastor came and tried to destroy the vegetables, saying that what they were doing was wrong and pagan. In the struggle, the mother accidentally kil

Can't remember name of short story!

The Surgeon's Wife

The Surgeon's Wife




After five hours islands appear on the horizon and I can tell by the gentle slopes they’re volcanic. The one on our right is Maui. Lots of green stuff sprouts up and then pavement and we land and pull up to a two-story building with a roof with a gentle slope too. It doesn’t look like they have snow around here. Barb’s foot is swelling up like a fle

The Surgeon's Wife

Can self-publishing transcend the lack of a gatekeeper?

Self-publishing, or indie publishing (as it's proponents would rather call it), was long a dirty word in the literary community. Originally called vanity publishing, it was the haven for those with enough money (and ego) to pay a open-minded publishing house to print up a shoddy manuscript, and bypassing the time honored process of being screened by a literary agent, who then gets the work screene

Can self-publishing transcend the lack of a gatekeeper?

Hello!

Hi! I just discovered this forum after desperately wanting to discuss the Rochester and St. John with someone and finding no one in my offline life to have a healthy discussion regarding these characters. I look forward to lurking and occasionally commenting with fellow literature lovers!

Hello!

where's my posting "Advnture of ..."?

today I want to post more chapters of the Adventure of a Us girl in Ancient China", but can't find the existing thread.

where's my posting "Advnture of ..."?

A Little Bit Of Humour # 149

ARE YOU WEARING A FISH’S TAIL?

Are you wearing a fish’s tail?
And is it actually swishy?
I guess you must be a mermaid
You’re a very dishy little Fishy

BANANA IS AN ACRONYM

BANANA is an acronym for
"Build Absolutely Nothing
Anywhere Near Anybody"
That’s real forward thinking

I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT FEMINISM

I wanted to write a book about feminism
About women achievi

A Little Bit Of Humour # 149

Aphorism #48 Be Thorough.

Aphorism #48 Be Thorough.

How much depends on the person. The interior must be at least as much as the exterior. There are natures all frontage, like houses thatfor want of means have the portico of a palace leading to the rooms of a cottage. It is no use boring into such persons, although they bore you, for conversation flags after the first salutation. They prance through the first compliments

Aphorism #48 Be Thorough.

Would you consider

I am planning to use a mobile/tablet credit card reader for my business and i needed some inputs/reviews about it. I traveled a lot and i think it will be very useful for me because i can make transaction anytime and anywhere. I was just wondering if this is something you would also consider for your business? Thanks in advance. :)

Would you consider

Hello Everyone

Hi, I'm Joy i just joined and having a nice time here. See you guys around! :)

Hello Everyone

Anybody a "Blue Bloods" fanatic (on Netflix)? or "Madam Secretary"?

Can't get enough of Blue Bloods. How about you? You like the family with all their "issues"?

Likewise, Madam Secretary is fun too. What's your take on it's first year available on Netflix?

Anybody a "Blue Bloods" fanatic (on Netflix)? or "Madam Secretary"?

Taxonomy

Am I plant or animal?
At a loss to say,
I fumble with words,
Toddle off on my way.

So often content
To sit in the sun,
I grow like a ficus,
Photophilous one!

But then, I am mobile:
With feet on the floor,
I propel my great foliage
And step out the door.

Paradoxical thingum!
A swamp creature crossed
With a sensitive fern,
Fur-covered and mossed.

A sight not to see;
B

Taxonomy

Ad hoc

I am an avid reader, also occasional writer.
I'm here for this - to enjoy the beauty of good literature and share my thoughts.

Ad hoc

Help please

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I need to see all my posts in my profile
I changed the general setting in the part of ( thread display) for ( all threads) and for the ( last year) but nothing has to change!
What to do then? It is being when the member going absent never post stay displaying in his profile!
What is this? I know that I can follow my posts from the link in the upper left

Help please

Aphorism #47 Avoid "Affairs of Honour"

Aphorism #47 Avoid "Affairs of Honour"

--one of the chiefest aims of prudence. In men of great ability the extremes are kept far asunder, so that there is a long distance between them, and they always keep in the middle of their caution, so that they take time to break through it. It is easier to avoid such affairs than to come well out of them. They test our judgment; it is better to avoid them

Aphorism #47 Avoid "Affairs of Honour"

Jane Eyre vs Pride and Prejudice

Hi guys,

I am a huge fan of the book Jane Eyre. For starters, there's Jane herself, who I admire more than anything. Her strength, independence, and piety, despite everything life throws at her (being plain and poor, the cruelty of her relatives, the death of Helen Burns, Mr Rochester's deceit), is amazing. Her counterpart, Mr. Rochester, is just as perfect. Brooding, sarcastic, passiona

Jane Eyre vs Pride and Prejudice

Couples in bed

I just wanted to write something about this, because I find it ever such a nice touch by Trollope. It's something I haven't come across (so far) in classic literature. Most authors seem to limit themselves to the 'proper' places, even for married couples, and forego the only really private room they have. Most of them therefore don't go further than private moments on strolls or in drawing rooms.

Couples in bed

Introduction

Hello dears
Greetings.
My name is Hamid Kavian. I'm from Iran. I speak Pesian(Farsi).
I'm very happy to join here.
I'm studying English and I know that the best way to learn English is talking to person who speaks English. Is here anybody to help me? I can teach him/her Persian instead.

regards

Hamid Kavian.

Introduction

Aphorism #46 Master your Antipathies.

Aphorism #46 Master your Antipathies.

We often allow ourselves to take dislikes, and that before we know anything of a person. At times this innate yet vulgar aversion attaches Itself to eminent personalities. Good sense masters this feeling, for there is nothing more discreditable than to dislike those better thanourselves. As sympathy with great men en-nobles us, so dislike to them degrades us.

Aphorism #46 Master your Antipathies.

Hi All!

Greetings! I'm new here and in the midst of figuring out how everything works :)

I am a studious lover of lions (as you can see from my profile picture), as well as the book Jane Eyre.

I can't wait to start posting threads!!!

-Laura

Hi All!

GENESIS 1:1 What is Elohim saying to us?

SHABBAT SHALOM: PARASHA "B'REISHEET"

GENESIS 1:1- chap 6............ ISAIAH 42 - 43............................ JOHN 1:1-6

We are back at the beginning again. The study of Torah is a cycle which never ends, and never stops, it is continuous, There is so much to comment on just in the first verses of Genesis, It is about "creation" "covenant" and "division"

The first 10 words are ; "In th

GENESIS 1:1 What is Elohim saying to us?

Day of the mind of a cat lady

I rolled over to slam the alarm off, jolted out of a trip dream. I was on a trip, in an obscure hotel. Monday's mind was on me, as it has been for a months.
It was Monday yesterday also, and Groundhog day was still months away.

I stumbled out of the bed, my legs less nimble than when I was younger, and sought my armor for the day ahead.

It had rust on it now, streaks of ironoxide that m

Day of the mind of a cat lady

my new book "The Black Order"

Who is God? Who is responsible for your spiritual well-being if not yourself? It is time to take your stand.
"The Black Order" by Dan Pagano

my new book "The Black Order"

The Black Order

What is The Black Order? What are the secret societies who run the world? The answers are out there and you will find them if you know where to look.
"The Black Order" by Dan Pagano

The Black Order

list of grounbreaking books

hi all,

i would like some help in finding a more or less complete historical list of

important books, from earliest times (caly tablets, papyri) to the present.

Not the usual "100 best", but many hundreds, groundbreaking books

in "all fields of interest"...

i'm researching that over the internet,

but as the material is vast, any suggestion of work already done

would be valu

list of grounbreaking books

'Westlands'

North Yorkshire is no setting for Calamity Jane. There are no Techni-color skies over Black Hills, no Deadwood stages comin' on over the hill, and no cheery show tunes breaking out at a moment's notice. To Sally Granger however, the Yorkshire surroundings in which she lived seemed to have all of these things. Calam' was everywhere.

'Make mine a Sarsaparilla', Sally could often be he

'Westlands'

Aphorism #45 Use, but do not abuse, Cunning.

Aphorism #45 Use, but do not abuse, Cunning.

One ought not to delight in it, still less to boast of it. Everything artificial should be concealed, most of all cunning, which is hated. Deceit is much in use; therefore our caution has to be redoubled, but not so as to show itself, for it arouses distrust, causes much annoy, awakens revenge, and gives rise to more ills than you would imagine. To go

Aphorism #45 Use, but do not abuse, Cunning.

Follow me and go like the spider

Follow me and go like the spider
Bite and poison my heart to be a widow
I am in love totally fatigued
Like who lost himself in desert
Your eyes likely are oases
When no rain comes down
I am thirsty and far away
No message to dispatch and no device
Unless your shadow no sleep comes to my eyes
My heart like the fire I flamed
In that lifeless distantly places
I extended my hand to

Follow me and go like the spider

what is up with the swedish academy's obsession with obscure writers?

Why does the academy award the nobel prize in literature to obscure writers? I think some of the recipients were writers who actually did need more exposure and that countries with strong literary traditions like Japan and China need more representation, but some of the people they hand the award is just ridiculous. The list of writers they missed the chance to award the prize to is long, and will

what is up with the swedish academy's obsession with obscure writers?

Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature

[QUOTE]
The Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded the 2015 Nobel prize in literature.

The chair of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, said Alexeivich’s work was a “monument to suffering and courage in our time”.
Live Nobel prize in literature: Svetlana Alexievich wins 'for her polyphonic writings' – live
Follow all the news, views and reaction to the Belarusian writer and jou

Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature

A Little Bit Of Humour # 148

ARE YOU WEARING SKINNY JEANS?

Are you wearing skinny jeans?
They are a very skinny pair
But on those lovely slender legs
What else would you wear?

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 338

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
I can’t get rid of the bloody stuff

ADIDAS IS AN ACRONYM

ADIDAS is an acronym for
"All day I dream about sex"
And by

A Little Bit Of Humour # 148

Aphorism #43 Think with the Few and speak with the Many.

Aphorism #43 Think with the Few and speak with the Many.

By swimming against the stream it is impossible to remove error, easy to fall intodanger; only a Socrates can undertake it. To dissent from others' views is regarded as an insult, because it is their condemnation. Disgust is doubled on account of the thing blamed and of the person who praised it. Truth is for the few, error is both common a

Aphorism #43 Think with the Few and speak with the Many.

The "Next sentence.." Game

An ongoing, group composition. Each person adds a sentence. I'll start:

"Gooseberries," said Bernard quietly, lamenting the succulent delight's scarcity since the outbreak of hostilities with Fatzombia.

The "Next sentence.." Game

New member.

Hello, i am jumanna, a new member here, please be nice toe

New member.

Aside

Aside
A story by A. L. Bay


It is not what she said so much as how she said it to you that bothers you now, and the fact that she’s said those exact same words to you before, in regards to something that you said to her, bothers you even more, that she may have been right about that. About the ‘tone’ you used. Because it was her tone that really drove you over the edge, it was really that th

Aside

wriitng and censorship

should the two correlate or disengage?

in other words
is the writer/ reader partnership compromised when censorship is the hub of the writers success?
or is it reinforced because it is about breaking the rule and not admitting the good?

wriitng and censorship

Aphorism #42 Born to Command.

Aphorism #42 Born to Command.

It is a secret force of superiority not to have to get on by artful trickery but by an inborn power of rule. All submit to it without knowing why, recognising the secret vigour of connatural authority. Such magisterial spirits are kings by merit and lions by innate privilege. By the esteem which they inspire, they hold the hearts and minds of the rest. If their other

Aphorism #42 Born to Command.

Would I waste time reading only fiction?

I've been told that I should stick to non-fiction if I'm going to read, because then I would learn something. I want to learn so much, but I love fiction above all else and would prefer to read that since time is so short. What do you guys suggest?

Would I waste time reading only fiction?

Close analysis on letters?

Hi,

Can the letter 'v' be yonic imagery.
In Sexton's 'Loving the Killer', there's a lot of v's.
The sound that the letter V gives, what's the significance of that?

Close analysis on letters?

What story is this?

I read this in school a long time ago, and I never forgot it. It may have been a short story. A man is in a car or a taxi, I think, very happy with life and how beautiful it is. Then he suddenly becomes sad, realizing that life would never be so beautiful again.

What story is this?

Guns and Madmen

I am privileged to live in a land
Where the chances of dying by accident
Are mostly due to misguided motorists,
Small-scale assaults, and occasional madmen.
In other places, where war is the norm,
Casualties sprout like fertilized beans
In all damned directions.
The weaponry's dire, ubiquitous, deadly;
The damage: conspicuous, aggregate, costly.
Nothing compares to obliteration,
With odd

Guns and Madmen

Melancholy (first post, quick write, all critique welcomed)

Melancholy

The grass was wet and soft between my toes. They left shiny streaks against my foot as I bolted across the backyard. Once when I was five, one of my goldfish died, so I buried it under the rows of pine trees we had against our fence. I kept it in a Flintstones chewable vitamin box; the kind that you eat when you’re a little kid that you wish didn’t taste s

Melancholy (first post, quick write, all critique welcomed)

Aphorism #41 Never Exaggerate.

Aphorism #41 Never Exaggerate.

It is an important object of attention not to talk in superlatives, so as neither to offend against truth nor to give a mean idea of one's understanding. Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste. Praise arouses lively curiosity, begets desire, and if afterwards the value does not correspond to the pri

Aphorism #41 Never Exaggerate.

Trying to find another poem

Many (most) people will be familiar with Dylan Thomas' famous poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night'. I have read another poem (I think by another very known Poet) that deals with the same subject but from an totally opposed perspective - the sense is one of calmness and welcoming acceptance and privilege in death.

Can anyone lead me to this poem?

Trying to find another poem

Greetings!

Hellow!!!

Greetings!

October '15 Elimination

Please vote for the story you like best before November 1st!

October '15 Elimination

Gatsby

Hey!
Has anyone read Gatsby?
I have to write an essay and i am really struggling.

2. Examine the last page of the novel. Fitzgerald writes, "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.…And one fine morning—” Why does Fitzgerald leave this sente

Gatsby

Newbie

Hello
I'm here to read and be read.
I've seen a lot of good stuff here.
Head and shoulders above what I've read on other sites.

I saw this yesterday and the truth of it had me laughing all day.
My puctuation sucks, but at least I can rest easy, knowing that I'm not the only one out there tearing up English.

[B]Posted by someone on reddit, describing the ridiculous stuff that makes its wa

Newbie

The Back Cover

I hold in my hands an "advance reading copy,"
Not my own work. (I should be so lucky!)
On the back is some blurbage:
"Extensive reviewer and bookseller mailing";
"Bookseller dinners in [this place] and [that place]";
"Promotion and tour: [they list fifteen cities!]";
"First fiction features"; "Major magazine coverage";
Et-cet-tra, et-cet-tra.
My parallel self, in his pinnacled life
On an

The Back Cover

A Little Bit Of Humour # 147

ARE YOU WEARING FAIRY DUST?

Are you wearing fairy dust?
If you’re a fairy it really is a must
But the one thing I cannot tell
Are you the one called Tinkerbelle?

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 336

There was a farmer,
Had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o
A foolish name for a dog
But he loves it a Lotto

WASP IS AN ACRONYM

WASP is an acronym for
"White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"
Th

A Little Bit Of Humour # 147

Aphorism #40 The Goodwill of People.

Aphorism #40 The Goodwill of People.

Â’Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love. Something depends on natural disposition, more on practice: the first founds, the second then builds on that foundation. Brilliant parts suffice not, though they are presupposed; win good opinion and Â’tis easy to win goodwill. Kindly acts besides are required to produce kindly feelings, doing good

Aphorism #40 The Goodwill of People.

The "Feast of Taberncales" (Sukkot) Why is it important to us all?

SUKKOT" (The Feast of Tabernacles) a brief explanation, why is this Feast important to us all?

Bible verses to read: EX 23:16 , LEV 23:34; 42-43, DEUT 29:5, 1 KINGS 8, JOHN 7


The Torah tells us that there are 3 important feasts that are to be celebrated, as the scripture tells us . "going up to Jerusalem" these are the "moedim" the Hebrew word for "feast" the Torah explains these as "time

The "Feast of Taberncales" (Sukkot) Why is it important to us all?

London and Spencer in the Sea Wolf

I started reading this, because it filled two criterion: it would be pre-1914 reading, but would not seem like homework (as I was going on holiday). I was not surprised to see that it was written after The People of the Abyss, which was a bit of reportage written during 1902 about living conditions in London's East End. The character of Cookie was evidence of that. I was surprised to learn

London and Spencer in the Sea Wolf

two unrelated poems (October 3; Upon Reading a Sketch...)

October 3

The maples on Sycamore Street
Are flaunting their finest fall fashions;
Despite the volatile weather,
They've come through in October hours,
Pushing out scarlet and orange and blush.
The pigeons, rigor-mortised in situ,
One per lamp in the open-air station,
Pretend they don't see or mind me.
Fluffed up in granitic plume kaftans,
They may have been there for centuries,
As if

two unrelated poems (October 3; Upon Reading a Sketch...)

Malfoy

I always felt kind of sorry for him. Even last month when I heard that he'd got his name put on the sex offender's register.

He'd always seemed completely harmless. He was so civil that I would have assumed he'd have known better. I'd have assumed that he really couldn't have been capable of doing anyone any harm. In hindsight though, I suppose maybe he must have been.

I was in the same fo

Malfoy

First piece of writing in ages!

This is a diaryist Hunter S Thompson piece: in retrospect I missed a lot of important stuff which I might revise and to it*; but if you bare with, and give a read? And by the way, to clarify once more, I'm 99.9% sure this is a absolutely terrible embarrassing teenage fake-poet type piece.

*these mainly thoughts about the Tibetain Book of the Dead, some essays and lenin, em cioran, guy bedord - an

First piece of writing in ages!

Aphorism #39 Recognise when Things are ripe, and then enjoy them.

Aphorism #39 Recognise when Things are ripe, and then enjoy them.

The works of nature all reach a certain point of maturity; up to that they improve, after that they degenerate. Few works of art reach such a point that they cannot be improved. It is an especial privilege of good taste to enjoy everything at its ripest. Not all can do this, nor do all who can know this. There is a ripening point t

Aphorism #39 Recognise when Things are ripe, and then enjoy them.

Waste of time or not?

So I decided to start writing something a bit like Joyce. Not sure if it's a complete waste of time or worth continuing. It's not long so far but you get the general impression of it. Any opinions would be helpful thanks. (The asterix aren't mine.)

She's awake. Unhappy.....Awake and not going back to sleep. Toilet first; then bottle, then smoke, then bottle again, then hope she's drowsy. No use

Waste of time or not?

Who wrote that poem?

When I was young, I read a poem in my high school English Literature class that recounted the thoughts of the poet as he imagines himself watching the progress of the Earth rotating and countries moving from dawn to sunset, the metaphor being that his own country, the United States, then at the noontime of its power, would decline and pass into the dark night of oblivion. What was the name of that

Who wrote that poem?

Hamlet's Revenge?

What reason does Hamlet give for being so cautious in taking revenge and so thorough in his search for evidence? Is his reason convincing?

Hamlet's Revenge?

the additional weight to get choices right

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the additional weight to get choices right

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (Penguin, Viking, 2010)

This is a real door-stop, 600 pages, which focuses on a young man, Andras Levi and his kin in Budapest during the dark years of 1937 to 1945. Julie Orringer writes about this with great skill and empathy.

I found this book to be quite riveting, and was unable to put it down. Orringer captures the growing threat of Hitler and the different ways in which this impinged on the everyday life of the

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (Penguin, Viking, 2010)

Aphorism #38 Leave your Luck while Winning.

Aphorism #38 Leave your Luck while Winning.

All the best players do it. A fine retreat is as good as a gallant attack. Bring your exploits under cover when there are enough, or even when there are many of them. Luck long lasting was ever suspicious; interrupted seems safer, and is even sweeter to the taste for a little infusion of bitter-sweet. The higher the heap of luck, the greater the risk of

Aphorism #38 Leave your Luck while Winning.

The Cellphone Tower

I rather enjoy first person scary stories, or "creepypasta" as it is more commonly called. This isn't my first story, but I am still rather inexperienced at writing in general. I would appreciate some feedback.

********

Near my house there is a dense forest, and in the middle of that forest, a cellphone tower stands tall among the trees, rising higher than any other structure. Now, a cellpho

The Cellphone Tower

Alterative Ways of learning

I wish to teach myself economics, politics, history, and philosophy. Yet in the future, when my time limited, I would prefer to dedicate my book reading to great literature and philosophy. But I would like to always learn the other subjects and to be well knowledgeable in them. Is there alternative ways to learn them besides reading books?

Alterative Ways of learning

New Zealand are expected to .

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New Zealand are expected to .

Any Absurdest here?

Hi, my name is Bobby Walkerfield and I am from the year 2025.

Any Absurdest here?

Contemplating "Walden"

Solitude does not require silence to enhance it;
A certain sort of hubbub complements it,
Raises simple selfhood to a holy stature.
Man cannot supply it; his noises seldom lull,
They distract and interfere.
Nature's crepitators are reduced
To crickets, English sparrows, and the rain.
Where are our whippoorwills and bullfrogs,
Our hoot-owls, creaks of pines, and evening peepers?
At times t

Contemplating "Walden"

Leave it to Psmith - a teaser

Lord Emsworth has lost his glasses… As he is now as blind as a bat, they must be found before he’s off to London to collect Mr Ralston McTodd, the great Canadian poet, who has been kindly invited to Blandings by Clarence’s sister Lady Connie Keeble, now chatelaine of the stately pile. Meanwhile, Freddie asks his uncle Keeble for 1,000 quid to buy a share in a bookie’s business. Poor Uncle Joe! Sti

Leave it to Psmith - a teaser

Aphorism #37 Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them.

Aphorism #37 Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them.

This is the point of greatest tact in human intercourse. Such sarcasms are often thrown out to test men's moods, and by their means one often obtains the most subtle and penetrating touchstone of the heart. Other sarcasms are malicious, insolent, poisoned by envy or envenomed by passion, unexpected flashes which destroy at once all

Aphorism #37 Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them.

Aliens

Psychopaths are rarer than empathetic people, let's take it back as to the same mammal's traits of chimps and monkeys with evolution. So whatever science states, how a human came to be, my theory is: a caveman only prior to itself because of his social deficiencies for survival, these roots into instincts that develops for prioritising itself as self augmented perception or a different thinking fo

Aliens

A Little Bit Of Humour # 146

ARE YOU WEARING DENIM JEANS?

Are you wearing denim jeans?
Popular they have always been
But on the older man they’re not
As fashionable as they might seem

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 337

As I was going to St. Ives,
The car broke down
On the A30 at Redruth
Then I met a man with seven wives,
Which put all my problems
Into perspective

BOOF IS AN ACRONYM

BOOF is an acronym

A Little Bit Of Humour # 146

Aphorism #36 In Acting or Refraining, weigh your Luck.

Aphorism #36 In Acting or Refraining, weigh your Luck.

More depends on that than on noticing your temperament. If he is a fool who at forty applies to Hippocrates for health, still more is he one who then first applies to Seneca for wisdom. It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. For something is to be done with it by waiting so as to use it at the p

Aphorism #36 In Acting or Refraining, weigh your Luck.