A short story There were spiders, I remember. Not the delicate ones that spin modestly in unbothered corners. These were the fat, grape bellied browns that spanned the posts on the front porch and made you duck your way into the house. And there was the cemetery on the other side of the fence. Thats … Continue reading Things that happened
Author: Tim Constant
Trivial Pursuit
Introduction I'm going to play with a couple of Latin words here because each has a peculiar angle on a root word I want to ricochet off. And since Latin is a dead language I don't think it will mind if I dissect and sew a couple of meanings together. If you were a fishmonger's … Continue reading Trivial Pursuit
A Sense of Scale
Introduction A few years back I had my mind blown out watching a video of the relative sizes of stars in our universe. Zooming out from the Earth, the Sun quickly diminished our tiny blue marble, but itself was dwarfed by incomprehensibly massive hyper-giants in the far reaches of the heavens, which are only the … Continue reading A Sense of Scale
The Universal Solvent
Get some leaves! Introduction As a nurse, I get paid to know normal. A busted forearm is easy to spot because I am an expert in normal forearms. Come to the ER with your skin the color of Homer Simpson, and I know you got yourself a bum liver, because I know normal livers. You … Continue reading The Universal Solvent
The Necessity Of Invention
Westminster Shorter Catechism Q7 asks: Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?A. The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass - Westminster Shorter Catechism Basically this means that God does whatever comports with His own … Continue reading The Necessity Of Invention
That Darkness Shall Not Overcome
Introduction One of the assumptions taken for granted living in modern times is the fact we are living in modern times. We know it is 2022 and round about that many years ago time pivoted from counting down the BCs and began climbing into the ADs. But the people living around that time had no … Continue reading That Darkness Shall Not Overcome
Interview: Marriage And Society
The following is an interview with Paul McKinney, PA, discussing his secular reasoning for why marriage is good for society. Thought Butter: Well, shall we begin? Paul McKinney: Let's do it. TB: Ok, thanks for being here with me and being willing to share your thoughts on marriage and society. As you made clear in … Continue reading Interview: Marriage And Society
Modesty, Part 1: Beauty’s Condom
St Anne’s Catholic School was housed in an old church that erupted into the sky from the cracked asphalt of a Birmingham suburb. It had all invitation and gaiety of a crab. Like a crustacean, it was spiked and hard, and, like a crustacean, had reached a level of evolutionary laziness where it refused to change … Continue reading Modesty, Part 1: Beauty’s Condom
Exogenous Identity
When asked why she has never gotten a tattoo, my wife replies, "You ever seen a bumper sticker on a Ferrari?" She is joking, of course, but it is a hilarious one nonetheless. You can't walk a city block without seeing all sorts of skin graffiti covering arms, legs, backs and, increasingly, faces. This is … Continue reading Exogenous Identity
The Global Outlaw
When a man achieves the status of legend he becomes immortal. Robin Hood, William Wallace, and countless folk-heroes through the centuries became larger than life, their exploits pushing into the realm of the supernatural. Ideas cannot be killed as easily as flesh and blood. Once the story builds steam only the head of the man … Continue reading The Global Outlaw
Thought Butter 