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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • The Greatest Story Ever Tested

    What if the greatest scientists on the planet are always wrong? Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Einstein – all wrong. Science could be one big one-up and whenever something is proven it just gets overturned by new scientific discoveries. Take nutrition for example. Your favorite food, once considered healthy, may be found to cause high cholesterol in…

  • Pearl of Wisdom

    Maybe, just maybe, the people who try to run this planet today were oysters in their previous lives and everybody helping them to fuck it up ran this planet some time ago but also in their previous lives. Oysters at one point that can’t learn, politicians today that won’t learn from past mistakes, and media…

  • Twig Fire (Interpreting Visual Art – Painting)

    If only I could grip my eyebrows and tear them off my brow to burn them in an indoor twig fire would I get some sort of relief from being terribly frustrated for at least 30 minutes of every day for the past thirty years. Every time I bury my face in my hands I…

  • Interpreting Visual Art – Photography

    Don’t look away I am the atrocity The brunt of war  Not the aggressor  No lions roar Scarred by human hands A human being Tortured for land The latest regime. Don’t look away I am the prey The luckiest of all Not the hunter No duty calls Scarred by the claw A human being On…

  • Bandaids Don’t Remove Themselves

    Steady. Steady. Pull.   Tearing a bandaid off a tuft of arm hair is supposed to be more tolerable when you have a friend do it. For me it’s not. The moderate pain from ripping the bandaid off will be the same in both scenarios. An element of surprise is better than anticipation when you expect…