Bill Powell
Mon, Jul 5, 2010
Stop apologizing because you don't know everything about computers.
Bill Powell
Sat, Jan 26, 2008
I feel lazy enough, sitting around reading or working on a novel or a web site all day, and then on top of that, I get all tired. I only feel justified in exhaustion when I've actually done some real work
that involved muscles besides my fingers. Could it be that hard thinking (regardless of its quality) really does cause a physical demand for sleep?
Bill Powell
Sat, Jan 19, 2008
What makes one topic fruity, and another meaty? It's good to be beefy, but why not nutty?
An orange. A chicken leg. A walnut.
I'm not seeing it.
Bill Powell
Thu, Nov 29, 2007
My image of writing
is still a grizzled old genius by a typewriter; it ought to be the Burning Bush, or a chickadee, or Helen of Troy, or the ocean in fury, or anything besides a living room with a bestseller on the table.
Bill Powell
Sat, May 12, 2007
"Thus, to lighten the mood and also conserve paper, by not wasting it, I took to appending fitting titles. There was “To: Ken Latke, Master of the House.” This must have intimidated the bank teller; he or she raised not a squawk. Not that I’d dreamed that they might. But when last month’s rent was addressed to “Ken Latke, Master of Revels,” that, it seems, was unacceptable. They refused to cash the check. "
Bill Powell
Wed, Mar 21, 2007
Some Muslims, I might say, at least progressive Muslims, actually reverence Jesus more than we do Muhammad. Further, we have a special veneration for St. Thomas Aquinas. And we’re encouraged to go to Confession at least once a month. To a Catholic priest. Now, in proposing these fascinating ideas, I might be right or I might be wrong. But would I be Muslim? A progressive Muslim? Any kind of Muslim?
Bill Powell
Sat, Nov 11, 2006
Seen in this light, the story features a rather narcissistic but mysteriously adorable young child whose only friends, really, are his teacher and her descendants (replenished yearly). All his love, respect, and devotion are for the Cavatica clan alone.
Bill Powell
Sat, Dec 11, 2004
So back when women were oppressed, we guys had to open the door for any one of them. Now, we only do it if she’s our boss or we’re selling her something.
Bill Powell
Tue, Aug 24, 2004
John Kerry, upon meeting Chesterton, would find himself forced to articulate a few positions in order to disagree with him. However, Chesterton would probably still be just as disgusted as ever with the Republican Party, if not moreso.
Bill Powell
Thu, Jun 17, 2004
On the other hand, maybe I thought also of my wife. She gives up her body for our daughter. Pregancy, birth, nursing — plenty of joys, but also plenty of pain and aggravation. And plenty of time.
