#personal-development

"Death [10w] What the the dying most resent is life goes on."

"When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others."

"Beyond the Place of Turning Back ↺ "Sometimes I wish to fly so far sou⇟hit's stars beyond the place of turning back↺"

"Ethical Dilemma of an Ascending Body [10w] + [10w] You can't ascend a ladderwithout rungs to push back;you can't climb a staircasewithout stairs to step on."

"Reconstruction of Japan After World War II [10w] 'I am what I plan'became the motto of modern-Japan."

"The Bard's Haikus about Haiku Listen to Shakespeare,'Iambic pentameterand haiku don't mix.'A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise mannever writes haiku.If you tickle usdon't we laugh? If you wrong usshall we not haiku?The good men dolives after them; the evil'sinterred with haikus.Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some scribblesome shitty haikus."

"In the Future [1]: (criminals) In the future we're going to find a wayto turn criminals into wordsand then place them in parentheses."

"Show Up [10w] I've waited for you all my life ~show up already!"

"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."

"Pun vs. Puny [10w] + {Couplet} "His penis was a pun,judging by the predictable groans.The hours set by innuendos,the seconds by the moans."

"The Refugee I packed my car with cash and valuablesand headed for the border.At the first checkpoint they took my cash.At the second they took my valuables.At the border they took my car and my shoes.I walked barefoot the last 100 feet to freedom,and was greeted with open arms by a person I didn't recognize.In time I discovered that strangerwas the me they could not take from me."

"California Milk Processor Board: Got Milk?... ...cuz I got a fucking hangover."

"Carlsberg: Probably the best lager in the world... ...just like IKEA is the best furniture on earth."

"Amputees Smart phones and the internet are the prosthetics our century cannot live without.Until we can put them down to take a quiet walk in the woods,we are all amputees."

"Self-Help I asked the bookseller,'Do you have any self-help books for addiction?'He said,'If I tell you, I'd be enabling you."

"Owlish [10w] If owls are wise,why are they flat faced fucks?"

"Your Poem A poem is a waking dream.If your poem is shit,then it was a fucking nightmare."

"Lenny Bruce I'm going to be rich!I figured out how to get schlong-juice stains off of suede."

"California Haiku "After my boob jobI'm taking acting lessons.Fuck's fifty, no anal."

"California [10w] No two snowflakes are alike,unless they're California yoga practitioners."