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OH SO PUKKA

OH SO PUKKA

I’m beginning to realize that many of my epiphanies about Play correlate with my love of words. I am lexivorous and playful in equal measure. In this instance, I have to credit Apple’s screen saver function, particularly that one devoted to dictionary...
AVENGER

AVENGER

Baby in a fur suit, monkey on my back, jolly rancher in my path – don’t give me no flack. My daemon is a stalker. My avenger is a geek. My heart is made of rose pulp, but my mind is all greek.   Take me down from this high shelf. Roll me on the ground....
KNOW-IT-ALL

KNOW-IT-ALL

When I was a kid (I have a clear memory of this), I decided that I wanted to know everything. Pretty absurd, I suppose, but I was a kid and that was my dream. It was hardly achievable back then, but now it is absolutely inconceivable that one even could begin to know...
SINGLEHOOD and FRIENDSHIP

SINGLEHOOD and FRIENDSHIP

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. – Epicurus One of the great boons of becoming single again is rediscovering the deep pleasures of friendship. There is current research pointing...
TO CONVERSE IS TO PLAY

TO CONVERSE IS TO PLAY

The great archetypal activities of human society are all permeated with play from the start. Take language for instance, that first and supreme instrument which man shapes in order to communicate, to teach, to command. Language allows him to distinguish, to establish,...