[deogolwulf] curmudgeonly fewtrils

More than a few have been privileged to have stumbled across the Secret Wolf at Curmudgeon Joy and his ongoing series of Fewtrils.

For the possible origin of the name Deogulwulf, this might help although he, himself, is not saying.

For the derivation of the term Fewtril, this might help.

Here is a small selection to whet your appetite:

Fewtril #198

We can hardly imagine what fools we look to posterity, and in what present and prepossessing absurdities we engage, until we catch a glimpse of ourselves in the mirror of history.

Fewtril #197

The stupid never make clever mistakes; such are the preserve of clever men, who complicate matters by also making stupid ones.

Fewtril #193

One may easily get another to admit his shortcomings provided he has hasn’t already bragged of them.

Fewtril #191

One will occasionally have inexpressibly profound feelings about something – one feels one knows the hidden truth about it, but cannot quite grasp it. This may well be the beginnings of a profound thought, but then again it may not, and one ought not to flatter oneself into believing that it is.

Fewtril #188

We have so little respect for civilisation these days that we decry as uncivilised the discipline necessary to instil it.

I feel that if Deogolwulf is not on your regular visiting list, you are denying yourself one of the pleasures of the blogosphere. I do not wish to misrepresent my friend Oliver Kamm in his view of said blogosphere but this particular blog does nothing to further Oliver's case.