Tag: Ethics
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Artifice – Just Riffing…
Artifice Artifice for showConning for wealth and powerThe rubes never know That’s one unpleasant meaning of artifice, but that’s not the only one… Human artifactsTechnological masteryCivilization Or Masks for acceptanceSartorial blissfulnessCosmetic repair Or Artifacts defineHuman activities shineEdifices prime –LE – 6/1/25
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Life in the Good Ol’ US of A
Life in the Good Ol’ US of A Contract Work Unfortunately, contract work is the neoliberal norm, ushered in by Bill Clinton and ratified by all administrations since. The last 12 or so years that I worked were all contract. That’s what all business was/is pushing. Even Boards of Education would only hire on a…
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A Story From My Childhood
A Story From My Childhood When I was a child, my dad would tell us a story on ‘dark’ nights: It was a dark and stormy nightThree bold, bad robbersSat around a campfireFinally, one stood up and said“I say, Bill, tell us a story”So Bill began “It was a dark and stormy nightThree bold, bad…
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Plugged In? … What Foolishness Abounds…
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? I remember the early days of the internet. I belonged to many what were called ‘Bulitinboards’ and early ‘Chatrooms’. I thought, hoped that the ability to communicate with people all over the world was exciting and would lead…
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End Of May Ride On The Tucson Loop
End Of May Ride Sol’s ultraviolet raysPinking my already tan legsAs the sky marblesOver the mountainsAll the way around Prairie dog pupWizzed by on the peripheryHightailing it home, no doubt Motorized ‘bikes’ flew byOnce again, out of the blueDestroyed the ambianceOf an otherwise peaceful day Almost hit a large June bugThat crossed the pathJust in…
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Montana – Dental Floss Tycoon
Montana – Dental Floss Tycoonby Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention I might be movin’ to Montana soonJust to raise me up a crop of Dental Floss Raisin’ it upWaxen it downIn a little white boxI can sell uptown By myself I wouldn’tHave no boss,But I’d be raisin’ my lonely Dental FlossRaisin’ my lonely…
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My Wage-slave Career
What jobs have you had? My Career as a Wage-slave I started wage-slaving at the age of 10. My dad took me with him as his ‘go-for’ in his plumbing and heating business. He later branched out into remodeling and roofing too, which I also learned and worked at off and on in hard times…
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A Geezerly View
A Geezerly View “Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages.…
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Why? A Child’s Question…
‘Existence!’ Why? What IS the Point? IS there a point? Please read this in the spirit it was intended… inquiry, speculation, open-mindedness …; -) The older I get, the more I wonder, what’s the point? When I was in my youth and well into adulthood, I pushed myself to thrive and excel. Thought it was…
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Helmet Brims & E-bikes
Helmet Brims & E-bikes helmet brimsso largethey seemout of place remind me offirefighter helmetsjust missing theofficial shield used to seeone or twoin a whole weekof riding now they’re wornby nearly halfthe cycling crowdanother fad like the E-bikesspeeding byas if the riders’pedaling actually moves the bikerather than thethrottle at theirfingertip both of thesefads are expensivenot cheapbegs…
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