Skip the B.S. by Skip Eisiminger “A tombstone is one of the few things that can stand upright and lie on its face.”—Mary Wilson Little “Caution: gravity.”—The Wordspinner CLEMSON, SC—(Weekly Hubris)—6/14/10—Perhaps to avoid…

Skip the B.S. by Skip Eisiminger “Kissing is a pleasant reminder that two heads are better than one.” —Rex Prouty “Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.” —Joey Adams        …

Skip the B.S. by Skip Eisiminger “[I’ve sent your church some] books instead of bells, sense being preferable to sound.” —Benjamin Franklin “He was a rationalist, but he had to confess that he…

Skip the B.S. by Skip Eisiminger “The American commitment to equality keeps bumping into the natural order of things, which is hierarchical.” —Paraphrase of Judge Robert Bork “The flatter the hierarchy the better.”…

Skip the B.S. by Skip Eisiminger “If you’ve got a frog to swallow, don’t study it too long.” —Anonymous “Too soon the future is yesterday, and still we sleep most of Saturday.” —The…

Skip the B.S. by Skip Eisiminger “Oh, I takes de gospel whenever it’s pos’ble, but wid a grain of salt.” —Ira Gershwin, “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” 1935 Clemson, SC—(Weekly Hubris)—4/5/10—The French essayist Montaigne…

Skip the BS by Skip Eisiminger “To light, the gods themselves kneel.” —Anonymous CLEMSON, SC—(Weekly Hubris)—3/29/10—One of my favorite buildings on the Clemson University campus is Sikes Hall, which has a cornerstone that…

Skip the BS by Skip Eisiminger “I have searched for Eve in the hagiographies without success.” —The Wordspinner CLEMSON, SC—(Weekly Hubris)—3/8/10—Surely most Sunday school graduates know that Genesis begins in wordplay: Adam introduces…

Skip The BS by Sterling “Skip” Eisiminger “More carrot and less stick.” —Anonymous CLEMSON, SC—(Weekly Hubris)—3/1/10—If the proverbs of a region reflect the mores of the people who utter them, the children of…