Monthly Archives: November 2014
People feeling unsurd
The root of our problems is People feeling unsurd and unheen :- Doug.
Smart phones
Smart phones have increase exponentially the speed with which we can display our stupidity. :- Doug.
Suffer from Alzheimer’s?
Can people who have Alzheimer’s Disease suffer from it? Surely those around them do, and surely this person experiences pain. Pain is part of the human daily condition. But suffering is optional. We might wonder if, without memory of the … Continue reading
Conflict is always about something else
Conflict is always about something else. :- Doug.
They put the old man in a home
They put the old man in a home Without e’en so much as a comb But he fooled them all: One day late in fall Eloped with his bride to the Dome :- Doug.
Wanted: Kindly person,
Wanted: Kindly person, lover of old folks, life, and spreadsheets :- Doug.
When we could have been
Much of what we do is unthinking forgetting to engage our profundity and collateral effects detector So that if we think to promise Mom no nursing home we ought think about her sitting helplessly watching us kill ourselves While we … Continue reading
Don’t promise me no nursing homes
Please don’t promise me to never put me in a nursing home Instead, take me to visit my old home bring from there my favorite things But do not kill yourself cleaning after me, picking up my weight, cajoling me … Continue reading
We create our deaths
We create our lives by what we say about them to one another. We do this by laws, social conventions, our own words and actions. In the same way we create our deaths. What death do you want? What death … Continue reading
A jigsaw puzzle too big for the table
A jigsaw puzzle too big for the table is our society, our family, our life. :- Doug.
Law is love put into words
Law is love put into words Law is therefore the child of love :- Doug.
treating each other well
Law is ultimately about people treating each other well Law is about love :- Doug.