Introduction
“…because
this blog* is absurd, I love it; because it is useless, I want to give it away;
and because wanting to give it to you serves no purpose, I give it to you…”
(Fernando
Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet)
*book
(in the original quote from Pessoa)
Quote
of the Day
“But
what is absurd, or rather what is unusual, is first and foremost what exists,
reality.”
EUGENE
IONESCO, Conversations with Eugene Ionesco)
A
Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World…
A
54-year-old American man has died, according to doctors, because of his daily
habit of consuming one-and-a-half bags of liquorice…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54269144
Book
Title You Will Probably Never See…
A
History of World Desire Between the Years 1855 to 1856: A Methodological Study
A
Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said
two
pennies in the tree is worth three in the crowd
The
Meaning of Life?
To
Make Questions
Possibly
Wise, Possibly Foolish Questions…
When
did they decide Rambo was a hero? Or was it Bambi?
Said No One, Probably Ever….
“Did
you hear about the astronomer who became a cheerleader for the local football team
while he was incarcerated?”
A
Statistic That Probably Never Was or Will Ever Be…
83.44%
of all people and rocks yesterday gesticulated with their fingers while
ice-cream dribbled down their chins
From The Great Man E.M. Cioran…
“The
man who does not adore himself is yet to be born. Everything that lives loves
itself; if not, what would be the source of the dread which breaks out in the
depths and on the surfaces of life? Each of us is, for himself, the one fixed
point in the universe. And if someone dies for an idea, it is because it is his
idea, and his idea is his life.”
(From
the book, A Short History of Decay)
Deathbed Final Words That Were Probably
Never Said
“How
about that gender-gender person who was about to…”
Go
Absurd! Exercise:
When
walking past a gathering, randomly give the following passing comment,
“Did
you know it actually takes three to tango?”
A
Sign You Will Probably Never See…
|
GET OVER YOU |
Remember
Absurd
responsibly. The Buddhist no harm principle applies here. Do not harm
yourself or others when going absurd. (Maybe what I have just written is
absurd?)
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