a5 in idea barrages

1.) “Leif Eriksson,” the old Vikings said, “trying to colonize Vinland like an idiot. Goddamn Millennials.”

2.) If it happened, you may force us to forget, may salt the fields & boil the seas away but if it happened, a seed of it remains.

3.) Nearly everything, everywhere, everyone I’ve ever feared has come back around to give me comfort or at least wisdom. Except that one thing.

4.) 210 miles from the centre of the universe by car, three hours drive if you’ve got a strong bladder and are good at dodging speed traps. Of course, I’ve only got the strong bladder.

5.) Sometimes when God closes a door She opens a window then you realize you don’t have a key back in so you have a panic attack by the door.

6.) Government has economies of scale for social safety nets that no private entity ever could, that’s one of the great things about gov’t.

7.) The feeling you’re at a crossroads is right but hardly psychic. You’re always at some crossroads or another, you just don’t always see it.

8.) The supposed negotiation skills of Trump come down to “one rich person to another, let me have my way so I don’t look bad”.

9.) If God had the power to send the lifeboat, God also had the power to not make a hurricane to begin with and save us all the trouble.

10.) Today I discovered that “LulaRoe” is a clothing-based Ponzi scheme, up til now I assumed it was some new hipster take on sushi.

11.) It’s not that life is passing me by, merely that I lapped the bastard when I was young and as I slow down a little, it’s catching back up.

12.) I just realized I always take things either the easiest way possible or the hardest way possible, never in-between. Not sure it that means.

13.) Maybe I need to go polyphasic for a bit to fix my sleep pattern. Maybe I just need a lover a job a clear goal to wake up in the morning for.

14.) “Tiberius sending Germanicus off to fight Parthia,” the old Romans scoffed, “goddamn Millenials.”

15.) Nearly all faiths have a few interesting points when they’re the underdog. Give them power, tho, and watch all those good points disappear.