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Wednesday November 01, 2023
Both of his parents
were IBMers of old.
He too became one
twenty-one long years ago.
In the code, but not of it.
Thursday November 02, 2023
His collection is
populated by Sony
Classical and by
Deutsche Grammophon records
(mostly Gould and Karajan).
Friday November 03, 2023
Boyfriend and a boss.
One wonders whether letters
should be written now.
He had someone interfere
years ago with those he loved.
Saturday November 04, 2023
With his history,
and his highly technical
writing skills and quills,
the only explanation
is that he does not belong.
Sunday November 05, 2023
Walk[with]Me could not
be any clearer to him.
He was reminded
just how good he has it there.
Genesis five twenty-four.
Monday November 06, 2023
He officially
received notification
yesterday evening.
It was a standard reply
that belied their own bias.
Tuesday November 07, 2023
If philosophy
is therapy, then sacred
theology is
mystic Mariology.
Protoevangelium.
Protoevangelium.
Wednesday November 08, 2023
Rainer Maria
Rilke: “The highest form of
love is to be the
protector of another
person’s [sacred] solitude.”
Thursday November 09, 2023
Radio silence,
and then virtual silence:
these two solitudes
differ only in degree,
but are similar in kind.
Friday November 10, 2023
User interface
and user experience
copy editing
and writing is the next best
alternative to DevOps.
Saturday November 11, 2023
He knew beforehand
that deciding on the two
thousand and fifteen
would be the safest, cheapest,
and quickest option for him.
Sunday November 12, 2023
To have no hope is
to have no fear, and to have
no fear is to be
free from the world’s trickery,
treachery, and tyranny.
Monday November 13, 2023
This acquisition
will play out like all the rest:
promises are made,
then all of them get broken,
while we pick up the pieces.
Tuesday November 14, 2023
Richard RORtY and
the ROsaRY are both read
and prayed together.
You cannot have one to the
exclusion of the other.
Wednesday November 15, 2023
“From a trio to
The Trio” is not meant as
a disparaging
remark on the former, but
as an historical fact.
Thursday November 16, 2023
And then there were four
more unusual suspects:
John Dewey, Ernest
Hemingway, Thomas Merton,
and Richard McKay Rorty.
Friday November 17, 2023
His search for a cell
at a price he can afford
will hopefully end
by end-of-day tomorrow.
He does not require much.
Saturday November 18, 2023
He thought yesterday
evening while watching the end
of A Single Man
that Absolute Clarity
should be sent out on Sunday.
Sunday November 19, 2023
He is now convinced
sending it would violate
Rilke’s solitude.
It is best to leave it at:
“How great is that?” | “The greatest.”
Monday November 20, 2023
And just what would it
mean to knock on the door of
the divine darkness,
fully entering within,
never to be seen again?
Tuesday November 21, 2023
The best he can say
is that it has been so long
since it last happened.
He simply cannot recall
the last time that it occurred.
Wednesday November 22, 2023
A very recent
realization for him:
it’s the sensation
and not the situation
that he was really after.
Thursday November 23, 2023
They are running out
of runway each and every
day by day by day.
He suddenly understood
this watching them walk away.
Friday November 24, 2023
His dad had a sign:
"Age and experience wins
out over youth and
enthusiasm" (it hung
on the wall in his office).
Saturday November 25, 2023
After many years
of sitting without purpose,
his apophatic
anthropology appeared
and was announced to no one.
Sunday November 26, 2023
He was reminded
yesterday that the cut off
was fifty plus five.
Even this is affected
by the four-fold roadside vow.
Monday November 27, 2023
This morning he read
from Merton’s journal entry
about him reading
bits from the Dhammapada
after eating his dinner.
Tuesday November 28, 2023
Pay close attention
to the poets, we need them
(and we all know it).
They create and legislate
the grammar of our secrets.
Wednesday November 29, 2023
The generation
after him is as concerned
about politics
as he was when he was young.
He was once active like them.
Thursday November 30, 2023
He is being reined
in now that his time has come
to begin again
at the very beginning
of his penultimate end.
