Socio-economic Ponderer Prints

The Big Issue "Re-aligned manager requires proactive response from client base to meet domestic cashflow shortfall"

"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

"The university said he was a climate change denier so remove the statue."

"What was I thinking?!"

"Needs to get a life"

Plan to Split California into Six States Proposed....

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

'Doctor, I don't want to eat mouseburgers, I want to be normal like everybody else.'

'The organizational structure is pretty simple: We do the work; they take the credit.'

'At least I don't have his life.'

"When will I be old enough to have an inner child?"

"I advised a patient to take responsibilty for his own actions, and now he is suing me!"

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

"I'm both too liberal to be preppy and too conservative to be trendy."

The Male Atom: Sex, Sport, War and Good Intentions.

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Social and political revolution? Check out our 'Do It Yourself' section.'

Max Weber

The Politics of Food.

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"I've been studying reverse psychology at Tonga Tech Online University."

'THAT'S the Holy Land? - You're kidding, right?'

'It's nice but will it be a hedge against inflation.'

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

Telling Self to Buzz Off

George Orwell

'Perhaps we do need a plan 'B'.'

Yeah, I woke up as a roach because I was so full of existential dread – Why did you wake up as a dung beetle?

What brings you to therapy, Rudy? Dr. Noodle. I've been feeling like my whole life is on pause. And I can't find the remote to unpause it. Meanwhile, everyone else's stories are proceeding apace. They're all into the second act already. They've all had plot twists, and hero's journeys, and epic love scenes, and thrilling reversals of fortune ... Meanwhile, I'm still paused on the opening credits because no remote. Why don't you get up off the couch and unpause it manually? You can do that?

'Do you want to be red Tory or blue Labour?'

That's no big deal, a lot of people get Siskel and Ebert mixed up

'Well, that brings us up to my third birthday...'

'Please don't read anything into the fact that I'm wearing loafers. I assure you I'm a very energetic worker.'

"I'm the writer-in-residence."

"I don't know why I'm here - I don't need a haircut."