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October 28, 2022
Tristan Tzara, the “cool dad” of Dadaism
Tristan Tzara, born in Romania in 1896, did not live a happy life. He survived two World Wars and life as a Jew in Europe during the Holocaust. He was also an incredible man, a founder of Dadaism, who wrote plays, poetry, essays, manifestos, directed films, painted and composed music. While it
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The Future is Bright
Let’s face it… Between the pandemic and the heightening inter-regional political tensions and threats of nuclear warfare, our world is a scary place to live at the moment. If that wasn’t sad enough, many nations are now plunged into economic recessions, with businesses collapsing in record numbers. The result? There has been
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October 24, 2022
13 heroes I’d like to meet this Halloween
Written by Clara Godwin-Suttie I’m considering drawing up an Ouija board or a pentagram for Halloween to see if I can summon up the best spooky characters. Sure, watching people trot around in zombie costumes is fun, but I’m ready to bring the tricks and create some havoc with the best, most
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October 21, 2022
The Story of Harmless Bullet
Day 35 Insanity of LKED /absurdist comedy/ Remember the old saying, “tough times don’t last; tough people do?” In the next few hours, I confirmed the veracity of these words. I wasn’t some kind of mighty hero, but in my head I’d always spun the idea of becoming a new-age Hercules. His
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October 20, 2022
The Power of Quiet: the mental and physical health benefits of silence
Talk is cheap Empty barrels make the loudest noises Speech is human; silence is divine Speech is silver; silence is golden These are just a few popular sayings that extol the virtues of silence. From our childhood days when our mothers chastised us for being too loud at the table, we’ve always
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October 19, 2022
A Dry Pants World (We All Just Live In)
/short story – surreal comedy/ Written by Dany Tanner PART II Obe Dreipantz wandered the streets of Paris, arms crossed in front of her, shivering but happy. Paris, like New York, Stockholm and McCool Junction in Nebraska, always excited her. Culture out the ass! There was art on every corner, musicians on
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Today is the day to follow your dreams
B. Shaw said, “People always blame their circumstances for what they are.” Today was a crazy day: your boss was a real jerk, your parents wanted you to help them with the garden, your friend decided to visit you without any arrangement, plus, your arthritis got worse, you were too tired in
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October 18, 2022
The Ultimate Guide to Absurdist Comedy
Absurdism is, in a philosophical sense, the idea that there are no gods, higher purpose, or order to things. At least, that’s what Wikipedia told me. With that in mind, it’s pretty easy to find humor in the mundane. For example, consider a rubber duck. Humans tend to be highly sociable but
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October 17, 2022
No Will – No Representation – No World
Years ago, I watched the late 90s movie “The Truman Show” with great fascination. In that movie, the protagonist thought he was living a normal life, but he didn’t know that he was part of a massive TV/game show shot in a gigantic studio set. There were hidden cameras everywhere recording all
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October 14, 2022
The Story of Harmless Bullet
Day 34 Passing Through Difficulties /absurdist comedy/ Do you remember how the Dalai Lama once said that you could be a rich and powerful man, with a big house and a huge bedroom playing relaxing music, but still be full of jealousy, anger, and attachment and unable to relax? I was that
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