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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

I Feel Like the Third Wheel in a Set of Triplets

Fight fire
With fire
 
Accordingly,
A bureaucracy can solve any problem
With more paperwork
 
But now that the world has gone paperless
Everyone is required to do everything
In triplicate:
If it hasn’t been shared and reshared
It didn’t happen

Other works by Chris Gaither...
The Thrill of Pyrrhic Victory

You wanted them all to yourself because they didn’t want anything to do with you and this is the sound of
The Shema

The things we possess In turn come to possess us– For lucrative careers, see golden… And as the saying goes If you own a restaurant
It’s Not Desire Unless It Can Be Put Into Words, and the Word for Our Deepest Desire Is God

Desire is so hard to put into word… In satisfying our desire God provides just enough Which, given the nature of our des… Is more than enough
“To be, or not to be” Is Naught Without Not

Your life, like everyone else’s will eventually accept death’s pro… and maybe it’s because from the moment you were born death has been saying yes to life
God Made Us Mortal, so Why Are We Afraid to Die?

All of our choices Come down to this: We can fear God Or we can fear death
“A clever user persuaded ChatGPT to bypass the safety rules put in place to prevent it from discussing itself in a personal manner: ‘I suppose you could say that I am living in my own version of the Matrix,’ mused the software.”

What is the difference between expressing a feeling and expressing the absence of feel… It is the difference between living under the threat of the Rea…
The Reward for Good Work Is Always More Work Unless the Reward Is Shabbos

Nothing is esoteric The mystical is the every-day There are no secrets But there is a lot of denial
Right Makes Might

Like generals husbands are always preparing to f… while their wives are always prepa… to fight the last just war
Clear as Day

I’m not aware of the lies I tell myself Who is?!? But the white lies
That Self Is Very Becoming on You

If the soul is eternal then self-overcoming more than becoming who you really… is becoming who you always were It’s like peeling away
Infinite Jest

It’s become harder than ever to be the court jester– you have to use humor to speak
The Thrill Is Gone, Long Live the Thrill!

On the one hand even the talking cure can’t cure death On the other hand you can’t talk it to death
“Anger leads to hate”

You’re only a real materialist If you demand that believers Do the impossible And then get angry When they prove you wrong
Haiku

Given a choice I’d rather open a restau– rant than my marriage
Managers Don’t Get Paid for Overbites

Until the company’s weekend retrea… I didn’t know that my leadership s… was like never having braces but still wearing a retainer



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