Common Themes in Pointless Conversation:  The retelling of events (under the guise of ‘story‘) that have less than a 5% interest value for the intended audience. Food, the recipes and the potential purchase points of the food. Dreams, even those that feature the audience member or are deemed ‘weird‘ by the dream-haver. The beginning of…

The birth-talk of infants is the beginning of the world — slutter-mouth babble that explains life from within the womb. These newborns are the fresh voices of how life began, how it grows and expands into whatever mess we become once our native tongue takes hold. We would all benefit by lending an ear to…