“Q: What’s hard for you?
A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.”
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A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.”
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“Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name?
~Jack or The Submission”
― The Bald Soprano and The Lesson: Two Plays
~Jack or The Submission”
― The Bald Soprano and The Lesson: Two Plays
“فما دامت غايتك من مذهبك الوصول إلى الله و غايتي من مذهبي الوصول إلى الله، فما شأنك معي أيّ طريق أسلك إلى الهدف”
― البيادر
― البيادر
Mad’s 2025 Year in Books
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