I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well. And I don't use semicolons. It's hard to read anyway, especially for high school kids. Also, I avoid irony, too. I don't like people saying one thing and meaning the other.

Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

He couldn't tell the difference between one politician and another. They were all formlessly enthusiastic chimpanzees to him.

What geography can give all Middle Westerners, along with the fresh water and topsoil, if they let it, is awe for an Edenic continent stretching forever in all directions. Makes you religious. Takes your breath away.

The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe.