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Stands to reason

May 28, 2022 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, cancer, climate change, ecology, evolution, guns, History, poetry, politics, science

As long as

counter-

intuitive

is a thing,

common

sense

isn’t a thing.

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Pastime

May 21, 2022 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots

Old age is a full time job. Until it isn’t.

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Linked out

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, media

Hey, I’ve been banned from linkedin after years of extensive posting and commenting. No warning, no explanation, no obvious way to appeal, and certainly no way to let 950 connections know what has happened. Rumours of my physical demise greatly exaggerated, facts of my linkedin demise not so much.

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Riddle me this

November 9, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, History, poetry, politics

There are just

two kinds of

people in

the world. Those

who ask the

questions and

those who think

they know all

the answers.

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End times capitalism

April 24, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, History, poetry

If the world

was about to

be hit by a

giant asteroid,

which would

smash the planet

into pieces,

destroying all life

except

tardigrades,

there would be

people selling

tickets for the

best vantage point

from where to

see it coming.

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Vanishing perspective

March 19, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, History, poetry

Once upon a

time I used to

say “Oh, if only

I was twenty

years younger”.

Now, suddenly

it seems, I

have to say

”Oh, if only

I was fifty

years younger.”

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Contrast

March 15, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, poetry

Patterns of

light and shade

give structure

to scenes,

and to

our lives.

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In the old days

March 11, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, History, literature, poetry, science

Oh, those old

university

lecturers

of mine. How

ancient

they were, fossils

lecturing

about fossils.

Why they must

have been at

least forty

years old, some

even fifty!

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Doctor who?

March 9, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, History, literature, media, poetry, science

The shelves of

the World’s

libraries

are filled with

millions of

books by unknown

people who

thought writing

a book would bring

immortality.

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Have you heard the one about…

March 9, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, literature, poetry

The last stage

of old age

is where you

have run out

of people

who haven’t

heard all your

anecdotes.

Tagged History, old age, poetry1 Comment

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