The Philosophy Of Ambiguity 1. Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things. 2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. 4. If Man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? 5. The main reason that Santa is so jolly is because he knows where …
The Starving Donkey By Seamus O’Hagan Back in the days when I was gainfully employed at a high-tech company in Canada, I sat in my office late one evening, working on a problem that I apparently felt I could resolve by staring at the ceiling and hoping for some form of Divine Inspiration. The …
“Time A La Mexicana” By Shep LenchekFrom the Ojo Archives “Hurry up, you´ll be late for school.” “Can´t you ever be on time.” “Get-dressed, the party starts at eight.” Those of us from northern climes know too well the tyranny of time. It has been drilled into us from early childhood and has governed …
Domain Of The Scorpion By Robert Bruce DrynanReviewed by Kay Davis Bob Drynan’s pulse-pounding thriller is set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War at its peak, in the midst of narcotics trafficking and Marxist guerrilla activities in Columbia and Venezuela. Ex-marine Ryan Haggarty, working in Venezuela as a petroleum geologist, meets Anne …
Life Askew By Julia Galosy It’s All Relative “When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” Fat lot of good that does me now. A head full of quotes doled out to the unwashed …
A Surprising Tenderness By Sydney Gay There were two interesting men in my neighborhood: Will was addicted to alcohol, he sneered when spoken to, argued over small things, his children were unhappy and his wife look worried. The other neighbor, Sam, remains more deeply in my mind. A good-humored man with seven children, Sam’s …
