Shimmering, glimmeringEnticing to a faultAlways in the distanceBeckoning to be caught. The illusion, projectionOf what we hope and dreamAlways better imaginedNot being what it seems. Leading the thirsty oneDown a dusty trackThrough a blistering desertNever turning back. Oasis, respiteMirror or mirageForetaste of gloryOr desert camouflaged? Fantasies, fairy talesBroken or borrowed schemesDead end ideasEphemeral as moonbeams.…

I’ve got a genuine replica brain,It’s a collectible rendition,I grant it’s not the latest model,But it’s in good condition. It still processes data pretty wellThough there are some memory lapsesIt knows the difference between good and evil,And even between knaves and apses. There’s minimal start up time with the help of good coffeeAnd it can…

There are a lot of truths that are inconvenient. Some of them begin by nagging you at the very fringe of your consciousness. You can ignore them for whole days at a time, but they just will not go completely away. At the most unexpected time they will suddenly jump on the front burner of…

John Updike’s riveting new novel entitled “Terrorist’, which I will be reviewing once I finish it, reveals a Christian writer trying to think into the mindset of Moslems angry with the West and its culture which is perceived to be decadent, decaying, and in various ways indecent and unclean. The central figure of the novel…

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