#knowing-oneself

"Hook 'em I know how to leave them satisfied and hungry for more ~with a carefully administered shot of insulin."

"Time [10w] {Couplet} Can there be more callous crimethan unkindly killing time?"

"Pushkin When Pushkin came to Shovekin all hell broke loose."

"Mythbusters [10w] Snipers will assure you safety in numbers is a myth."

"Entrepreneurs [10w] A man should be judged by the companyhe sells."

"DNA [10w] DNA's the last hope of our species,spiraling to extinction."

"Shiva Haiku Sitting shiva.One more day of thisand I'll die of boredom."

"Death & Poetry Nothing softens the blow of death like a cushy poem to fall upon."

"Relatively Speaking [10w] The irony about 'relativism theories' is that they're relative too."

"Visual Pun [10w] Example of visual pun:cloud shaped like a banana peel."

"Russian, Metafizicheskiy-poshlost This is the humorous metaphysical banality like watching Tolstoy's wife, Sophia, nag her husband about leaving borscht stains on the table linen. The resulting discombobulation totally messed up the ending of Anna Karenina."

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."

"Grateful [10w] + [10w] If you can't think of anything you should be grateful for,think that you can think and be grateful for that."

"Ringtones Haiku 'Oy! Dai, da-ye-nu,Dai, da-ye-nu, Dai, da-ye-nu...'"Answer your fucking phone!"

"The ‘New House, New Luck’ Fallacy [10w] Switching external environment doesn't cure depression;change must occur internally."

"North Dakota Haiku "My bib overallslook spiffy at a weddingor a funeral."

"Love Haiku Sumerian whoregrabs my wedge, says: 'I love aman in cuneiform."

"Politicians [10w] All politicians serve two masters ~their ambition and their cocks."

"Who is Fortunate? [10w] Who is fortunate?He who measures his fortune in friends."

"Angels vs. Fools [10w] Au contraire: Angels rush in where fools fear to tread."