Tag: words

• Free Speech

  A long time ago I swore an oath to defend The Constitution of the United States. I promised the federal government that I would kill and die for it. I am not legally bound to that promise any longer. I am far less enthusiastic about most of the Constitution but I love and will fight…

  Mark

  January 6, 2026

  two cents

  free exercise, free press, free speech, guns, peaceful assembly, stay away, words

• Words and The Word

  I got in a short argument with my homeless friend Raven. We were talking about The Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Quran. He said there is only one word. He wasn’t completely clear but I think he meant that Jesus was The Word. Could have been the Bible since The Word is obfuscating…

  Mark

  December 27, 2025

  rant, two cents, witness

  Bible, Book of Mormon, Jesus, obfuscating, Quran, The Word, words

• Moving Fingers Writing

  On of my favorite stanzas in poetry is:“The moving finger writes and having writMoves on nor all your piety and witCan lure it back to cancel half a lineNor all your tears wash out a word of it.”(Fitzgerald’s translation from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat) This caused an argument with Stephanie. You see she’s among other things…

  Mark

  June 14, 2024

  Uncategorized

  choices, consequences, destiny, editor, fate, metaphor, piety, proofreader, wit, words, writing

• Swear Word

  When I was a kid we had a general rule that I should not use words if I didn’t know what they meant and didn’t mean what I wanted to say. Most of the time swear words aren’t expressive language. For instance if someone says “Fuck her” they probably don’t actually want you to have…

  Mark

  March 13, 2023

  Uncategorized

  fuck, meaning, swearing, words