Marvin is Poetry

Poetry is redundant: expressing in words what is already completely obvious to our heart.

When you learn something, everyone else gets smarter

Throw the Book at Him

I recall a story I once read by a psychiatrist, a story about a tribe that has a rather unusual way of dealing with moral wrongdoers or lawbreakers. Such a person, when his or her infraction is discovered, is not reproached or condemned but is brought into the center of the village square—and the whole tribe gathers around. Everyone who has ever known this person since the day he or she was born steps forward, one by one, and talks about anything and everything good this person has ever been known to have done. The speakers aren’t allowed to exaggerate or make mountains out of molehills; they have to be realistic, truthful, factual. And the person just sits there, listening, as one by one people talk about all the good things this person has done in the course of his or her life. Sometimes, the process takes several days. When it’s over, the person is released and everyone goes home and there is no discussion of the offense—and there is almost no repetition of offenses (Zunin, 1970).

Nathaniel Branden, “The Benefits and Hazards of the Philosophy of Ayn Rand”

Elderly Woman to a Teddy Bear

Sweetheart what are you thinking?

Do you want to ask your uncle cousin?

Honey what are you thinking in those deep black eyes?

Marvin is More Competitive

If you don’t know this is a game, how can you win?

Lloyd is Competitive

If you find yourself competing, you’ve already lost. . .

man on his cell phone

“We have a serious problem. I bet all the money I owe you on the World Cup. You just waited too long to collect. Call me back.”

- outside Momi Toby, SF, 6/29/06