The bathroom scale knows nothing of extenuating circumstances.
Deconstruction: peering suspiciously at the text, I wait for it to make a slip and betray itself.
Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.
Dogs often remind us of the human, ail-too human. Cats, never.
Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation.
To remain mysterious, say little and do nothing.