It Goes Without Saying, by Chris Gaither

Mr. Sandman Bring Me a Dream

When they closed all the beaches my dad said not to worry and I just knew he’d install the swimming pool I’d always wante… Instead, I came home from school

Even Old Thom Yorke Was Once a Sonogram

Rock and roll will never die because OK Computer replaced the world with itself

My Rule of Thumb

My grandfather built his house With his own hands And yet later in life Cut off half his thumb with a chai… If Alanis Morissette is right

“Quantum potential leads to the notion of ‘an unbroken wholeness of the entire universe’”

I’ve wasted most of my life wondering Why do I believe in God? when I should have been asking Why does God believe in me?

There’s Only One Thing God Can Save Us from and It’s Exactly What I Need

I’m not afraid of being alone and I’m not afraid of dying but I am afraid of dying alone

Infinite Jest

It’s become harder than ever to be the court jester– you have to use humor to speak

Mighty Morphin Power Arrangers

When Mao said “Everything under heaven is in utt… he went on to kill 60 million of h… When Xi Jinping said “Everything under surveillance is…

Nolo Contendere

People who enter a plea of I’m sorry if you were offended are bargaining for a sentence of time served reckoning they’ll have got off sco…

If You’re Not Lost You Can’t Be Found, but Just Try Getting Lost with GPS

In the same Talking Heads song the “road to nowhere” is both a “road to paradise” and the way “they can tell you what to… and “make a fool of you”

It Could Always Be Better

When life gives white people lemon… they make ginger tea lemonade wit…

We Either End Up Being Vice Principal Richard Vernon or Working for Him

I always wondered why there are several teen archetypes on offer in The Breakfast Club– each with their own exquisite agon… but also the promise of redemption…

These Days the Average Man in the Street Says That God Does Not Exist, Although, Paradoxically, the Average Man in the Street Does Not Exist

Most tautologies are self-fulfilling prophecies For example: Most people are average But God never met

Not Now, Not Ever

We spend most of our waking lives alternating between procrastinatio… and delayed gratification as if by putting things off we’ve bought ourselves more time

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Our Fear That AI Will Kill Us Comes From the Truth That We Would Never Die for It, and If It’s as Smart as It’s Cracked Up to Be, Surely It Knows This

One difference between God and A… Is that God tests our faith Because He has faith in us Whereas AI tests our patience Because it is supposed to make lif…

I Predict a Riot

No one ever told the truth but not a one of us were liars because we always spoke exclusivel… in the future tense

Chris Gaither

It Goes Without Saying

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