just who came up with the idea of putting a soul inside a body? Neither of them particularly likes the other.

notes, as his son said recently, in a loving post, "that those who follow the way of the Karma of Plurk will never be distracted by other, less worthy, social media."

"A text in time saves no-one."

"A text is speedy but a letter can be burned."

"Think twice before speaking and 42 times before texting."

that it's better to stick your head above the trench, rather than just quiver until death arrives without any invitation.

that his magic fluorite crystal has failed him miserably.

that he went to a Rugby tournament on Saturday. Rugby is evidently a game of some sort: lots of physical contact, broken fingers, and concussion. Good fun for everyone.

getting his beard trimmed and his boots re-heeled by the same craftsman, in Calverton, Maryland.

notes that the _Monadology_ is Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz's summary of his late philosophy. In my reading, it states that, despite appearances, the Universe is an orderly place, ruled by love.