JosephMy wife’s cousin, 70 years old, was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and had surgery to remove it two days later. I do not know him well. He resides far away in another part of the country. My wife is getting updates by text message. We are still waiting for biopsy results which we are told may take two weeks. I have been struck many times by how fundamentally alone all of us are when we go through things. In this case we bystanders might awkwardly express our hopes for recovery, perhaps pray for a miracle that is unlikely to come if the tumor is revealed to be a glioblastoma, offer more prayers and condolences if decline and a funeral are what come next, and then quickly move on with our absurd but busy lives until it is our turn to face the inevitable end. It is not the idea of non-existence that troubles me; it is the process that I don’t like. Maybe it is better to disappear privately in seclusion like birds and some humans seem to do. After we know more, I might write him a letter, taking time to express my admiration for him and his family, including three adult children who seem like good people.
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stewartstaffordblogCall and Response
Call and Response by Stewart Stafford
Crank call from a candle factory —
A triple-threat candelabra.
Introduced themselves as Sasquatch,
With a vendetta against my Chupacabra.
My wife hyperventilated —
the hundredth call that week,
each one crazier than the last.
Ignore it, I said — turn the other slashed cheek.
Heavy breathing, then pizza orders,
Giggling voices asking for directions.
We changed the number, blew the whistle,
And left the rest to the Department of Deflections.
© 2026, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.
#Absurdism #Absurdist #Bigfoot #Chupacabra #CrankCall #CryptidS #Cryptids #DarkHumor #DarkHumour #FantasticBeasts #FantasyCreatures #MythicalCreatures #NuisanceCall #NuisanceCallers #NuisanceCalls #Phone #Poem #poems #Poetry #Sasquatch #StewartStaffordPoems #Surreal #SurrealHumour #Surrealism #Telephone
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New #blog #post: Breakfast at Der Waffle Haus
https://rldane.space/breakfast-at-der-waffle-haus.html
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#cw: deals briefly with loss/mourning but in a light manner
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(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
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The Pleasure PrincipleWhat Is Absurdism? Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd
https://platoedsim.org/posts/what-is-absurdism-camus-philosophy/
#Philosophy #Absurdism #Camus #MeaningOfLife #Existentialism
James EndicottIt's a mathematical proof that life is meaningless because none of your choices matter. Thus, you should surrender your will to Darkseid.
Camus already knows that. But he knows the only logical response is revolt against the absurd. #DCComics #Philosophy #Absurdism
jaimedavid327Wonderment Within Weirdness Has Something a Lot of Media Is Missing: Heart
There’s a lot of media out there today that looks incredible on the surface. Big budgets. Huge stakes. Flashy action. Multiverse-level chaos. But for all the spectacle, something often feels… off. Empty, even. Like it’s all noise without meaning. That’s where Wonderment Within Weirdness stands apart. And no, this isn’t me gassing myself up. This is me recognizing something I didn’t fully see at first: beneath all the absurdity, the chaos, the wild set pieces, and the multiverse […]
Exploring the Many Themes of Wonderment Within Weirdness
When I wrote Wonderment Within Weirdness, I knew I wanted a story that could stretch, expand, and ultimately explore just about everything. But at the time, I wasn’t fully conscious of all the layers and themes that would emerge. Now, looking back, I realize just how rich the book is thematically, and how much it resonates with ideas and feelings that exist in real life—ideas about conflict, about resilience, about morality, and about the way individuals navigate chaos. At its core, the […]
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