Archive for March, 2004

Mar 5th 2004 Briefly

The aphorism “Brevity is the soul of wit” is no more than a clever way for telling long-winded idiots to pipe down.

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Mar 4th 2004 No time!

It is my experience that the ubiquitous declaration “I don”t have time!” is often nothing more than a false way of saying “This does not concern me” or “I don”t want to deal with this.” Another of many devices we have conjured to use language in order to avoid communication.

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