Trollbermaker

The most insecure braggadocio in the world. This is what trolls sound like when they whisper to themselves.

Keeping Harmless Flirting Harmless

I'll admit something here that I wouldn't anywhere else. I have a bad crush.

The woman is rich. She's beautiful. And she doesn't know I exist.

I want to keep it that way. I certainly think that if I asked her out, the fantasy would be ruined. Besides, there's a big part of me that knows I'm not worthy.

She's one of those supermodel types that no one ever seems to have the courage to approach.

Her name is Wisdom, and she's so lonely I've heard the woman calling out from the roof of her nearby house to see if anyone might notice her.

Please don't tell her I'm interested. After all, the reality could never live up to the dream, right?

Brain Stratego on a Risk Board

By mercy, I've been given a pretty effective tactic in this rolling little war with Thor. Only two words, but they have been invaluable:

Think. Slower.

Evelyn Waugh was a Man, or Glory for Dummies

I'm sitting in the corner with my dunce cap on, meditating on the theme of glory:

"Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction." - Evelyn Waugh

"I have foresworn myself. I have broken every law I am sworn to uphold. I have become what I beheld and I am content that I have done right." - Elliot Ness (The fake one who looks like Costner)

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." - Flannery O'Connor

"Reason, thou see'st, hath all too short a wing." - Dante, in Paradiso

"Sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we're not back by dawn, call the president." - Jack Burton

"There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. " - John Bunyan

"That'll do, pig. That'll do." - Farmer Hoggett