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The soon-to-be-father actually referred to his not-yet-born-child as his “retirement plan”.

Posted on October 9, 2012 by zfthrimej

I don’t know how serious or non-serious he was when he said that, but i think that his apparent plan can raise interesting questions about one’s own purpose, motivation, autonomy, and identity.

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Sandcastle did not have moat until its builder pointed to the ocean

Posted on July 22, 2012 by zfthrimej

(then the sandcastle-builder glared a look of duh).

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But poo is in the spoon. And spooning can lead to pooing.

Posted on July 10, 2012 by zfthrimej

Victim strangely refuses to answer… What happened? What’s he doing?

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“I’M NOT BOSSY; I JUST HAVE GOOD IDEAS,” said the five-year-old to her mother.

Posted on July 1, 2012 by zfthrimej

The five-year-old declared this loudly, and very seriously and matter-of-fact. I was struck by her logic and ego, so then I and the mother laughed. And her daughter kept on going about like she said nothing wrong. There’s validity in her argument, so we just … Continue reading →

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Two minuses often lead to a positive. But if heads are being subtracted maybe we should run in the direction opposite

Posted on June 11, 2012 by zfthrimej

!!!!

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On Easter, people tell their children to hunt or search for eggs. Despite the apparent fun of this tradition, it makes me ask if maybe we should first look for or look into our own minds,

Posted on April 5, 2012 by zfthrimej

find out exactly why we do what we do or do what other people might want us to do. Chicken-or-the-egg curious… (2/21/13 update: i will be calling the poem version of this post “Egg”)

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The stranger was asked, “Would you like to know more about your future?”

Posted on March 30, 2012 by zfthrimej

Then the stranger replied to the fortune-teller, “What do you predict my answer will be?”

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The soon-to-be-father actually referred to his not-yet-born-child as his “retirement plan”.

Sandcastle did not have moat until its builder pointed to the ocean

But poo is in the spoon. And spooning can lead to pooing.

“I’M NOT BOSSY; I JUST HAVE GOOD IDEAS,” said the five-year-old to her mother.

Two minuses often lead to a positive. But if heads are being subtracted maybe we should run in the direction opposite

On Easter, people tell their children to hunt or search for eggs. Despite the apparent fun of this tradition, it makes me ask if maybe we should first look for or look into our own minds,

The stranger was asked, “Would you like to know more about your future?”

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