Absurdities

Very short pieces of serious nonsense.

August 23, 2026

A Brief Absurdity #1

He floated like a butterfly. He stung like a bee. He needed help getting through the ropes. The other dog outweighed him by ninety pounds and made the usual mistake of confusing height with authority. By the fourth round, Paw-li was still barking. The other dog was no longer

August 25, 2026

A Brief Absurdity #2

Rodin's masterwork captures the moment of pure intellectual anguish — the weight of consciousness, the terror of choice, the confrontation with a universe indifferent to suffering, and a man on the couch who said "in a minute" at 2pm.

September 2, 2026

A Brief Absurdity #3

They woke in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night, one missing shoe, a cat in the bathroom, and several receipts that suggested the evening had acquired momentum. Someone insisted there had been a plan. Nobody remembered the plan. The cat did.