K. L. Shipley
/ GreyThoughts.InfoEverything falls apart…
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…customer asks the contractor about his newly paved concrete driveway, “Is this concrete guaranteed”? The contractor replies, “It’s guaranteed to…
By K. L. Shipley
Aren't all command…
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… can almost hear the roll of thunder behind the words. The decree precludes any possibility of negotiation or exception. Are there any among us who would not like to have such power? Even timid people secretly wish they could …
By K. L. Shipley
Isn't a dove carrying an olive …
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… do it in slow-motion, one pinpoint strike drawing one drop of blood per peck. They would happily kill faster if they had any weapon deadlier than their ….
By K. L. Shipley
Every father has a grandfather.
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…Robert Billups was father to an ever-growing tribe of offspring - children…
By K. L. Shipley
Dad and I were more alike…
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…but our children inherit our genes. Genes don't die. Genes are immortal in the same way computer chips are immortal. Flesh and bone turn to dust; genes turn to the next host…
By K. L Shipley
Classics are redeemed…
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… come and go. Good stays the same. I learned this wisdom from a man who fled his native Romania after the communists took over. His name was…
By K. L. Shipley