Marriage Is An Honorable Estate

[from The Television Show,"evade The Question Time"]at The End Of The First Round, I Will Award Three Points To Mr. Kaine For An Excellent Nonspecific Condemnation, Plus One Bonus Point For Blaming The Previous Government And Another For Successfully Mutating The Question To Promote The Party Line. Mr. Van De Poste Gets A Point For A Firm Rebuttal, But Only Two Points For His Condemnation, As He Tried To Inject An Impartial And Intelligent Observation.

Whereas Story Is Processed In The Mind In A Straightforward Manner, Poetry Bypasses Rational Thought And Goes Straight To The Limbic System And Lights It Up Like A Brushfire. It's The Crack Cocaine Of The Literary World.

Don't Let Anyone Tell You The Future Is Already Written. The Best Any Prophet Can Do Is To Give You The Most Likely Version Of Future Events. It Is Up To Us To Accept The Future For What It Is, Or Change It. It Is Easy To Go With The Flow; It Takes A Person Of Singular Courage To Go Against It.

Journeys Up The Metaphoric River Are Hugely Enjoyable And Highly Recommended. Since Every Genre Is Nourished By Its Heady Waters, A Paddle Steamer Can Take Even The Most Walk-shy Tourists To Their Chosen Destination. As A Bonus, There Is Traditionally At Least One Murder On Board Each Trip--a "consideration" To The Head Steward Will Ensure That It Is Not You.

There Is A Certain Degree Of Steampunkishness That Creeps Into My Books.