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Thought For the Day: When A Comic Becomes Enamored With His Own Views and Foists Them Off On the Public In A Polemic Way, He Loses Not Only His Sense of Humor But His Value As a Humorist
“When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only his sense of humor but his value as a humorist.” – Johnny Carson
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Tagged Comic, Enamored, Huomrist, Johnny Carson, Polemic Way, Public, Sense of Humor, Thought For the Day, Value, Views
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The Brave Man
The Brave Manby Michael DoyleThe brave man knowsIt’s now or never. The cautious man thinksThat’s not so clever.Sometimes it’s simply time To throw caution to the wind.In these times, it’s time to liveHowever it is, that dreams end. She looked … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adventure, Atuumn, Best, Better, Captain Nemo, Cautious, Clever, Comic, Dreams, Explore, God, Know, Live, Love, Mystery, Nautilus, Now or Never, One, Patch, Poetry and Poems, Sail, Sometimes, The Brave Man, Think, Thought, Time, Times, Tragic, Trust, Twist of Fate, Two, Water, Wind
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Don Quixote Reexamined
A hidalgo or minor nobleman gets so lost in his reading that he mistakes folklore regarding chivalry as the path of history that will lead him and through him the world to greater nobility. The intention being good. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Admonishment, Beautiful, Borrowed Time, Cervantes, Chivalry, Comic, Complexity, Correct, Don Quixote, Embrace, Examine, Excess, Fantasies, Fiction, Folklore, Folly, Good Magic, Hidalgo, History, Human Mind, Intention, Journey, Knight Errant, Lady, Laughter, Lent, Life, Literary, Mad, Man, Moments, Musical, Name, Nobility, Nobleman, Pages, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practicalities, Practice, Preach, Railing, Reach, Read, Reading, Real, Reveal, Sad, Sally, Sights, Simplicity, Spent, Substance, Tales, Tear, Tragic, Understand, Unique, Utterances, Wrong Conclusions
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Daily Prompt – Madness
What’s Halloween without a little madness thrown in? To Play With Madness by Michael Romani The witches play with madness While mankind finds its sadness The comic tragedy plays out It seems each step descends into doubt Some things transcend … Continue reading
Consolation of Philosophy
There’s a rumor that one can find comfort in thinking about thinking. I think that misses the point.. maybe? Consolation of Philosophy by Michael Romani To think on actively thinking Isn’t meant to make one more calm But to bring … Continue reading
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Tagged Apathy, Balm, Challenge, Comfort, Comic, Consolation, Cure, Endure, Happy Life, Hardship, Imperative, Life, Mongraph, Nietzsche, Peace, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psalms, Strife, Think, Tragic
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
Politically Incorrect Revisited
Politically Incorrect Revisitedby Michael DoyleIs there some kind of fearThat we the people might persevereInto the rapid-fire shaking upCrystalized by making upToo many improvised linesSliding through topical landminesIn an approximation of real-timeThat edges up into the sublimeIt’s that take no … Continue reading →