seanessay.com … Written on Free Fall Friday … Prompt- stop yelling Words to live by. Nobody yells about the falsity or truth of the Pythagorus theorem, or the pigments in acid green. No, we only argue about the most unprovable subjective things. It was Dale Carnegie who pointed out that no one ever wins an […]
Lightness in the Library
seanessay.com Written During Free Fall Friday … Prompt- please please please be quiet “I wish,” said Jimmy the nerd, “that our textbooks would have repetition, because then I would do better on the test.” We were in the school library, keeping our voices low. I shot him a sharp glance—everybody knew Jimmy got the best […]
Ideas, Things and People
seanessay.com The progression goes: Most folks talk about people, fewer talk about things, fewer still talk about ideas. People David Gazard I see have some blog hits from Australia. In my late middle age, I am remembering: That’s where my university student newspaper editor, David Gazard, went to live. Turns out the “journalism ecology” there, […]
Chicken Soup Meets Carlin
seanessay.com If you wondered and half hoped that the “Carlin” being “met” was comedian George Carlin, then you are in luck. Here’s a link to a review of the screen biography now out, George Carlin’s American Dream. Here’s a link to a respectful essay in my old blog, George Carlin and Diversity. Here’s the connection: […]
Seeking Savoury Subjects for My Blazing Blog
seanessay.com Rather than put in another “place holder” I thought I would just “put it out there:” Any questions or topics for my blog? As some orator said, “If so, speak.” (comment) OK, since you insist, here’s just one place holder, from Free Fall Friday, for today’s post: prompt-He was 92 When you age, I […]
With January in the Rearview Mirror
seanessay.com what he didn’t know before it was too late sounds watching the northern lights prompt- what he didn’t know before it was too late. Let’s contemplate that sentence for a moment, a good “moment” for that is a good part of life. As a fellow said, life is lived forward, but only understood backward. […]