on the dotted line My given name is Michael, which means (ever so humbly) One who is like God .   But I've always gone by Mickey or...

Jean Baptiste Rochambeau: traitor but not bad game designer The aftermath of every major life decision is that my brain, my  old enemy...

  Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the simpli...

...there can be no advancement of learning. Truth has been already spelled out once and for all, and we can only keep interpreting its obsc...

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they wil...

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Writing can be a lonely business. You spend a lot of time by yourself. You struggle with digital age distractions. You count words, you cou...

 Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. - Carl Sandburg Ain't no money in poetry, 'cause that set the poet free. Wel...

Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there. - Woody Allen The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, te...

I keep beer out on the covered front porch. It’s winter in Northwest Illinois and the relentless cold makes for great refrigeration. My wif...

Will we be alright? She lights a cigarette, watches him carefully for contradictory body language. Yes , he says. We’ll be okay . She’s ner...