Tag Archives: Branded Figments

Middlesex Praise God, Texas View

Posted on November 13, 2025 by JMN

Imagine Middlesex — it must exist — a town, maybe a “village,” not a city. It’s in The Shires — wherever that is — an English village situated on a stream whose name is sufficiently spelt with three letters. The … Continue reading →

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Oh Besity! (Anthem)

Posted on November 4, 2025 by JMN

Oh Besity! With tendernessOur country stands for thee,Staunch rampart against slendernessFrom sea to shining sea. Oh Besity! Forsake us not,No di-et shrink our girth.Caloric excess be our lot,Our destiny from birth. Ours the fat and ours the cream,All exercise to … Continue reading →

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The Buck Stops… There (CAGA)

Posted on November 2, 2025 by JMN

“My message to America is, first, the fact that your government is failing you, right now. Poverty is not red or blue, is not a Republican or Democrat issue. If you are in a position that you can’t feed your … Continue reading →

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What’s Rebarbative and Nugatory and Quacks Like a Duck?

Posted on October 20, 2025 by JMN

Ice BreakerKnock knock.Who’s there?Rebarbative and Nugatory.Rebarbative and Nugatory who?I know you are, but what about me? Quiz: Which is which?(A) Causing annoyance, irritation or aversion; repellent(B) Trifling, inconsequential, having no force, inoperative Follow the Instructions:(A) __________(B) ___________ AssessmentHow’d you do? … Continue reading →

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Right On! New Directions in Doggerel

Posted on October 13, 2025 by JMN

With its loping equine cadence, amphibrachic tetrameter holds morbid fascination for the doggerel-besotted. No one knows what it is until they hear it. Then they go, “Oh yeah. There once was a girl from Nantucket.” But they’re wrong, that’s only … Continue reading →

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‘Tirdy-Tree and One-Tird % of the Land Is Trilled, the Other Two-Tirds Not So Much’

Posted on October 4, 2025 by JMN

My title is a headline from the Bulletin of the Apico-Dental Voiceless Fricative Foundation. “Many tink current trends are a trowback to the Tirties.” (Dr. Thurgood Thackery, A-DVFF President) c) 2025 JMN — EthicalDative. All rights reserved

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The World Is Running Out of Facts!

Posted on September 24, 2025 by JMN

Intelligence is being burned at an alarming rate. Fact incineration technologies birthed in Silicon Gulch have accelerated the depletion of natural reserves. In the advanced world, gas derived from fact-burning fuels everything from data centers and crypto mining to the … Continue reading →

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The Rivers That Reaches for the Ocean

Posted on September 6, 2025 by JMN

“You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” (Robin Williams, quoted by Mitch Teemley) The Guadalupe reaches for the ocean.The Pedernales reaches for the ocean.The Rio Grande reaches for the ocean.The Colorado reaches for the ocean.The … Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished: The Zone Is Flooded

Posted on August 21, 2025 by JMN

“This facility is supposed to house non-violent offenders… Human trafficking is a violent crime.” (Julie Howell, inmate of Bryan Federal Prison Camp) The site of the ancient toilet where the Jordan CodeX was found, known to antiquity buffs as “the … Continue reading →

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Does the ‘Jordan’ Codex Shed Light on the Elapse? Dispute Rages.

Posted on August 14, 2025 by JMN

“Whatever we may ultimately learn about Epstein, it will be sad and sordid, a story of people getting hurt and of people getting away with hurting them.” (Peter C. Baker) The last half of first-quarter Century XXI CE bequeathed much … Continue reading →

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