Author Archives: jackpelham

There is no limitTo what a man cannot seeWhen he has got his eyes shut

What did anybody ever gainBy being rash,Except what might have beenGained as well by mere and fortunate accident?

When I was a child,An hour seemed an eternity. But now, in my mature years,An hour is nothing,And the day is the new hour,And the week, the new day,And so forth. And while I do frequently regret the change,And find … Continue reading →

Could Satan himself—In all his shining-dark craftiness—Have devised a plot so sinisterAs releasing a software withoutAdequate support,Or a service withoutAdequate description?

Great learning seems to beMade of three things—Each harder than the one before. The first is in gatheringThe bits and pieces of factThat anyone can collectAlong the way though life.

The lie and the errorCan be hard to distinguish—Particularly in their effects. Funny that the latter is Universally consideredTo be the lesser of the two—Both as a sin and as a threat—Though, it seems, It hurts us more often.

The great backlog of necessity hasRecently become my master—As I might have reasoned it mustBack when I was doing the procrastinatingThat set this present coup into motion. —

You attack the statue,Friend,And the flagAnd the street name,As if lancing the very heart of evil.

It is not hard to disagreeWith a perfectly good idea. All my friends do it regularly!