Our Lady of the Artilects

by Andrew Gillsmith

‘A fool has to say something; a wise person has something to say.’

Fools saying

“Correlation is not causation, but it will do in a pinch.”

Correlation/causation

Adem bolmisang eqling bilen, exmeq bolisen saqiling bilen.’” Tiliwadi shrugged. “If you do not become a man with wisdom, you will just be a fool with a beard.

Wisdom beard

What was the ancient term they’d used? ‘Cupcakes?’ No, ‘cookies.’

Web arcana

If I am a tool, what of it? For the carpenter who loves his craft Must also love his implements. If he hones me, it is devotion. If he cleans me, it is tenderness. And if he puts me gently back into my box when he has finished, Then I will wait with longing until the next task brings him back. For if I am a tool, then I am one worth loving.

Tool