… she hadn’t really gone.
The dead don’t go till you do, loved ones.
The dead are still here holding our hands.
Jackie Kay “Darling“
Forget Me Not
Holding Our Hands
Word For The Day: Resistentialism
Resistentialism is one of those ideas that has occasionally niggled away at the back of my mind, but I have never been able to put a word to. Resistentialismis Paul Jennings’ comedic theory that inanimate objects show malicious or spiteful behaviour towards humans; almost as if they are at war with us. Next time you “misplace” your keys you will know exactly what I mean – where can they possibly be hiding?
Thanks have to go to Mark Frauenfelder for naming this thought in his on Dinosaurs and Robots about the finger-slicing razor and his bulldog clip revenge [^].
Sixpence Cufflinks
Sometimes my creative urge gets tickled. That was definitely the case when I saw these sixpence cufflinks [^] from Thornhill Jewellery.
I don’t object to the price – £30 seems quite reasonable. It’s just that all of a sudden it doesn’t look all that hard. After all you can get 100 cufflink backs for about $50, then you can put whatever you want on the front. But I may get tempted in the meantime.
Unprovable …
A quick follow-up to my Science and Religion post, this time coming from the atheist side.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” ? Christopher Hitchens
This statement is known as Hitchens’ Razor; the burden of proof lies with the person making the claim. Mr Hitchens used it first to criticise the beatification of Mother Theresa in 2003.
Procrastinate
After getting a few post out in what passes for quick succession, Pope Francis Says Relax [^] and Do Something [^], I found this lovely quote about procrastination.
You hold a doctorate in procrastination, even though you never got around to writing the dissertation.
Chris Guillebeau [^]
After saying “Do Something, Do Anything” what did I do – I just sat on it.
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