https://livesteven.com/2026/05/29/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-unlimited-budget-that-is-not-paradoxically-limited-by-its-duration-as-it-is-in-this-question-for-24-hours-but-the-whole-point-is-that-budgets-that-are-swollen-are-essent/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-29T13:40:05+00:00There is no such thing as an unlimited budget that is not paradoxically limited by its duration (as it is in this question for 24 hours) but the whole point is that budgets that are swollen are essential to the magical thinking of self-interest that is supposed to be the driver to capitalist economies. The feeling of the magic bulge of growth in the National Theatre’s ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ seen yesterday night.dailyprompt, art, the-playboy-of-the-western-world, dailyprompt-2776, entertainment, what-is-a-budget, do-bulges-matter, synge, national-theatre-live-streaminghttps://livesteven.com/2026/05/28/as-a-dog-returneth-to-his-vomit-so-a-fool-returneth-to-his-folly-proverbs-chapter-26-verse-11-it-may-not-be-a-proverb-the-wise-call-it-an-aphorism-and-it-certainly-does-not-tr/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-28T16:24:46+00:00“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.” [‘Proverbs’, chapter 26, verse 11]. It may not be a ‘proverb’ (the wise call it an ‘aphorism’) and it certainly does not translate into clear meaning or human application, but it is neither ‘completely wrong’ nor ‘completely right’: it just is human vomit up for grabs by any old dog.dailyprompt, christianity, bible, dailyprompt-2784, aphorism, proverb, dogs-and-vomit