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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • No Niche Without Nietzsche

    There is no niche without Nietzsche.  No dost without Dostoevsky. No home without Homer. No peer without Shakespeare. No toy without Tolstoy No way without Hemingway.  No word without God. 

  • The Walls I Build

    Small Man: “Am I wrong to take my small life and give it a big boost on top of the walls I have built around myself for believing I have a small life that needs a big boost above all the people I’ve known who have built walls themselves, not unlike my own and not…

  • A Day Behind The Light

    I woke up one day to find the sun sinks into everywhere I cannot be until it rises again as I am deep in sleep and I actually open my eyes. I catch up to the sun every day as it leaves another day behind for me to put into fast-forwarded images the most obvious…

  • On Instinct Alone

    Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? I’d say I’m a monkey but I know that I’m not. I have two thumbs right here that can do quite a lot. I can pick and shovel to bury my dead and poke letters on a screen to eulogize them. I’d say I’m a cat…

  • The Blink of an Eye

    You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? I woke up one day to find the sun sinks into everywhere I cannot be until it rises again as I am deep in sleep and I actually open my eyes.