Category Archives: Commentary

Opinion or analysis concerning whatever’s on my mind.

Happy Words

Posted on May 17, 2018 by JMN

Saucy insouciance, sufficient nonchalance… “I’m kind of sorry that I cause so much grief.” (John Ashbery) To sup with the Devil you need a long spoon. (Traditional?) Why not just paint a mustache on everything? (Response to Mount Rushmore) (Copyright … Continue reading →

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Humility

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

Even a cursory look at following blogs uncovers so much good image-making and wordsmithing it humbles one. I ply in contrast what seems but a plodding literal depictiveness, a pyrrhic victory of method over invention, craft over creativity, sarcasm over … Continue reading →

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Supplication

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

O Master, Boss, Unique and only Sir, We beg that Thine Almightiness (or His) Flex His (or Thine) unending mercy to the uttermost In righteous overlooking of our pitiable insufficiency, Created though we be by Thee, O peerless Engineer. Moreover … Continue reading →

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Thirty-Four Paintings

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

(01) “Madonna of the Yardwinder” (02) “Madonna With a Cat” (03) “Madonna of the Pomegranate” (04) “Madonna of the Carnation” (05) “Madonna With a Vase of Flowers” (06) “Madonna and Child With Saints Sebastian and Francis” (07) “Benois Madonna” (08) … Continue reading →

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Happy Words

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

I have taken a vow of poetry — I shall never be a Person of Wealth. Strong and Wrong ATT-Novartis Corporate Hedgequarters No Lordering (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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“Physical person”

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

Law school was where I first met the term “physical person.” It puzzled me initially: What person would not be “physical”? That started my education about the bizarre legal fiction that asserts corporations to be people with rights and privileges … Continue reading →

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Tentative Signage

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

Kinda There –> <– A Little Bit Yonder (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Happy Words

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

Alabama Law, 1839: “An Act to Suppress the Evil Practice of Carrying Weapons Secretly” Adverteasement For Staying Powder: “Taters, Maters, Boodang Pudd’n, Black Strap ‘Lasses” (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Happy Words

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

Better heathen I. Find your niche and scratch it. Chainsaw of life. Sucker the needy. (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Happy Words

Posted on May 11, 2018 by JMN

Me neither. You too? Go ahead, make my tea. “If you can’t be funny, be interesting.” (Harold Ross) Your what? (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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