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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Self-deceiving Is a Fool’s Gerund

“Self-deceiving Is Perceiving” Is the Gerund Phrase

We can’t fool God
But we can fool ourselves into thinking
We fooled God
 
The surest way to do so
Is to fool ourselves into thinking
We are God

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Prose and Cons

Many con artists have a moral awakening; even more realize that the only compassionate thing to do is continue the con
Once We Were Sullen; Now We’re Anxious

And just like that the safety of ironic distance gave way to the false intimacy of over-proximi…
Smartphoney Baloney

It could be the truth if it couldn’t go viral But it’s definitely pravda if it speeds our downward spiral
Why We Give All Glory to God

To be the bigger person you need to realize that egos are like animals: the smaller their proportions the greater their proportional str…
The Majors Outlawed the Shift in 2023

I don’t believe in myself So, I must control God I believe in God So, I can control myself
It’s Easy to Spot a Liar; It’s Harder to Pick One

There are two types of men: Those who lie to deceive and those who by lying tell you what they really believe There is one type of woman:
If You Choose to Sell Your Soul, You’ll Find That It’s Worthless, but if You Keep It, then Everything Is Worth It

The devil’s one job Is making you an offer You can’t refuse And there’s only one thing The devil can’t offer
One Is the Loneliest Number but Nu Is the Loneliest Letter

In failing to put the I in team I took the erotic out of neurotic
Time Is Up

A la recherche du temps perdu has been variously translated as A Remembrance of Things Past and In Search of Lost Time
Let’s Be Real Friends Forever

If we insist It’s not a competition It becomes A war If we admit
Living When the Day After Never Comes

Given the current nostalgia for shared reality we shouldn’t forget that peak shared reality was mutually assured destruction
How to Avoid Scoring Points on Your Spouse

If you want to remain married one partner should stay busy moving the goalposts while the other focuses on running out the clock
There Is Nothing the Matter with Us That Singing and Dancing Can’t Fix

We are not material beings; We are embodied spiritual beings Language is how the spirit moves u… As in moves our bodies– Especially when words are set to m…
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”
God Knows, If We Ever Find Meaning on the Road We’ll Surely Kill It, so, God Made the Meaning of Life Our Search for Meaning

Language shouldn’t work A word, all words Are defined by other words Defined by still further words And on and on



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