THE IMPLICIT MORAL VIRTUE LEXICON: SINCERITY

"Sincerity" is a word that comes plump with implicit moral virtue.  That would be a good thing, except that history's most horrific tyrants terrorized and warred and scourged the landscape with nothing if not relentless sincerity. It has always been one of the perks of despotism.  Only in less efficient forms of government does the word become desecrated and down at heel.  The very first casualty in the political conduct of any republic is sincerity.

EDIE and KIESL

The time draws near.  The very first 9 Chickweed Lane book is in the finishing stages of layout and triple proofreading (actually, it's the second, if you count "Hallmarks of Felinity," but I'm not very good at counting).  It will be.......oh, what the heck.  Here's a preview of the cover:

The release date is not firm yet, but it is in the offing.  I'll post it here and elsewhere when I know.

Be glad.  I am.

THAT OLD GANG OF MINE

Insanity is the exception in individuals.  In groups, parties, peoples, and times it is the rule.

                                                                    ---Friedrich Nietzsche

YOU ARE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY WHO WANTS TO KEEP YOUR COMPANY

Beware the man who seeks out and consorts with people he considers his inferiors. Greatness by dint of contrast is not all that great.

And if he rejects your company, don't forget to thank him.

From the THAT WHICH WE PUBLICLY REVERE, BUT WOULDN'T BE SEEN WITH IN POLITE SOCIETY department: TRUTH

Truth has a cosmetic reputation. It is never acceptable until it soothes, and it is never soothing until it perjures.

There is nothing so tasteful as to ask for the truth, nothing so arrogant as to comply.

From the THE OTHER THING THAT WE WOULDN'T BE SEEN WITH IN POLITE SOCIETY department: LAUGHTER

Truth observes the facts.  Laughter observes the truth.


Horror observes everything left over.

DO SOMEBODY A WRONG WEEK

There is no gift half so gratifying as the bestowal of a wrong, a slight, an injurious comment – the more footling, the better.  People may love their pets and adore their children (in that order), but they consecrate their lives to the glory of their grievances.