Michal's ruminating on the feasibility of expanding his cavernous Fiction Corpus with a history of oversized art; cites fatigue

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I think highly of the potential of utilizing English as a common language for the world. I don't regard highly the conventional blueprint with which the English language is taught.

Strengthening one's familiarity with a language isn't like promoting a stronger bit of iron. A language - a common tongue - is not just an instrument that you can teach yourself to manipulate with greater amounts of precision. A spoken tongue can't be torn from the prevailing culture of a circle of people of which it is a description. A language isn't recited; it happens - and keeps happening as long as a circle of people keeps using it.

Teaching a pupil to recite English is to deprive him of its cultural context. A capable educator has to prepare a plan for introducing it; the bravest pupil goes out to seek it.

A dictionary can be an influential tool. A decent dictionary will describe a language based on a particular corpus, a body of written works of varying scope and consistency. This corpus can include anything from a book about literature to some prose fiction. I watched many moons pass laboring on my "paltry" Fiction Corpus to form a new genre of dictionary based on the ability of one man to tell a story in many different forms. It is a labor of love and listening.

I have pieced together a million words and I have enumerated them, reshaping them - not merely to teach the English tongue but to defend the human spirit, and to provoke that soul or spirit not just to recite but to happen.

Michal's Dictionary Navigation — act
fuel
artifact
place
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A Learner's Dictionary: Common Words in English
A Fuel is the Common Word that Answers the Question, "How?"
The most frequently used words in Michal's Corpus that represent common fuels
time965
truth130
business128
death112
silence58
distance57
direction52
beauty45
action44
conversation42
union39
mercy32
joy28
memory28
opportunity26
expression16
liberty13
rice12

Previous title — act
fuel
artifact
place
time
person
fetish
kind
A Learner's Dictionary: Common Words in English
A Fuel is the Common Word that Answers the Question, "How?"
The most frequently used words in Michal's Corpus that represent common fuels
time965
truth130
business128
death112
silence58
distance57
direction52
beauty45
action44
conversation42
union39
mercy32
joy28
memory28
opportunity26
expression16
liberty13
rice12

Pronunciation of What Fuel

I have yet to publish a pronunciation for the words "what fuel."

Video of me pronouncing "what fuel."

Definition of What Fuel

The question what fuel is answered by a word that refers to a productive power of neutral charge. It is associated with the word how.

An index for what fuel

I have yet to index the section What Fuel.

Samples of Fiction from Michal's Corpus

Michal's Fiction Corpus of Acceptance Literature (FiCAL) is presented under the Bare Bottom imprint. It is currently comprised of six bodies of work, each representing a different pillar of culture and incorporating a wide variety of writhing styles.

If you're wondering...

How do I use this?

Just click on a title to see examples of "fiction" from a particular work. You'll stay on the same spot on the page, only the Table of Contents will disappear. To get back to the Table of Contents just click next to the image of the Bare Bottom imprint where it says "Back to Samples of Fiction: Table of Contents."“And...?”

In the case of common words, a Table of Frequency and a Table of Collocation provide numerical information about how many times a word appears in its original or modified form and with which words. It can help to give you an idea of how common words are used and in what contexts. Find them in the "Common Words of English" part of the Education section.“Ok.”

Why a Fiction Corpus?

The popular understanding of the word "fiction" and its complement "non-fiction" is a reflection of the cultural influence of a classification system. The Dewey Decimal System is responsible for separating "fiction" from all other work and categorizing it by author's name. This has influenced the popular idea of fiction as a narrative that tends to be "untrue" and the product of an individual's fantasy, a bias compounded by modern art's century-long obsession with abstraction, surrealism and self-expression.“So...?”

My idea of fiction rests on the idea that art doesn't have to be factual to be a true reflection of our existence. Adam and Eve didn't have to exist as two individuals 700 generations ago for them to be true portraits of two human beings trying to work together.“And...?”

The Bible is a Fiction Corpus. It is a body of writing that isn't overly concerned with facts and yet its words carry weight. It was written by many different authors living in different places with different audiences in mind, yet everyone gleans something from it.“Right...”

In preparing my fiction corpus, I have striven to see the world through the eyes of others. Through the eyes of my Adams and Eves I hope that you too will glean some truth about our existence. At the very least you will learn some more about how one man can use the English language.“Ok.”

Who are you, Michal?

I'm just a guy who makes art. And if you're interested in making a solid investment in an aesthetic that supports our present and future welfare, then I will help you look for something that you can buy.“How...?”

Everybody makes. Everybody sells. Some people know how to protect their interests. Some better than others. Few people know how to listen. Listening to somebody means considering their interests as if they were your own. Going out and doing something to satisfy another person's interest is how we build a strong economy. Without a strong economy, democracy collapses.“And...?”

Buying 4Occupy is buying for democracy. Don't give your money to somebody who's ruining it. There's no such thing as cheap democracy, quick democracy, or easy democracy. There's good, solid, complete democracy and the tyranny of feudalism. Let's not mix the two. Let's not buy everything on the cheap. Let's not create another tyrant and enslave ourselves because it was easier not to think about what we were doing. Let's protect our interests. Let's listen.“Ok.”

Who's really behind this site?

Have you ever been to one of those post-it-yourself retail websites where there's a really attractive top-seller ready to give you tips on how you can be a top-seller too?“Uh...”

Have you ever been to a "job" interview where you sit in a line, walk through one door, get hired as a contractor and walk out another door, so that the other applicants don't realize that everyone's getting "hired" to work in the same market?“Maybe...”

The internet is full of people who are ready to exploit your ignorance. They are people who want to make money at the expense of our economy. They are cheats.“And...?”

I, Michal, am behind this site. Not some fat plutocrat exploiting my image. I like to do things the right way. I like to work with people who take the time to do things right.“Why...?”

I used to work for a company that didn't do things the right way. My labor was exploited because of mismanagement. That company was the United States Postal Service, an independent agency of the United States Government that is ultimately controlled by Congress. I'm mad because if the Federal Government can exploit labor, who is going to stop every other cheat from doing it?“Labor Unions...?”

Don't say labor unions. I went to my labor union and they did nothing. They ignored me because labor unions aren't democracies. Holding a free and fair election for a "representative" once in a blue moon does not equal people ruling. Democracy means open government. It means we the public need to accept the hard work. It's the only way to secure liberty and equality.“Ok.”

What's the difference between use and usage?

Definition-wise, not much. But the -age suffix is ultimately French in origin and with most things French, at least in American eyes, the immediate thought is that of something precious and arcane whose value should be judged very carefully. This is in contrast to the word France, which is associated with a beautiful place. Thus people in France or from France are beautiful, warm, kind people. Generous even. Unlike French people who suck. Unless you're frenching, in which case you're only sometimes sucking.“And...?”

Along those lines, usage means you're in bed. Use means you're just heavy petting. Also notice that common people, like common words, get used...whereas "proper" things make "appearances." Whether or not you are being exploited is a different story. Exploitation is what happens when somebody uses you or your property without listening to you. Listening is what happens when you consider another person's needs as if they were your own. You don't have to satisfy those needs. All you need to do is consider them. So many of us can't even do that.“So...?”

Help stop exploitation. Buy 4occupy. Buy a better world. Whether or not you feel you can afford to buy art, consider joining my protest. I want to guarantee every working man and every working mother on this planet a 15-day universal holiday. But I can't. Only we can do that. We have to work together. We have to accept the idea that everyone deserves time for himself and we need to build that time into a new kind of calendar. We have to give peace it's own day. We have to make love something you can't avoid. We have to make even the most miserly cold-hearted capitalist among us say that he cashed his check on Love Your Neighbor Day. There won't be any other way to say it once the Acceptance Calendar is widely adopted.“Ok.”

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Usage of Fuel in Death to McDonalds

An aerial view of Dodger Stadium in the foreground, with an imaginary partially submerged Los Angeles behind — A story bible for a comic book series set in a post climate-change California narrated by eight characters who live through a natural disaster that sinks Los Angeles and triggers a war with an expansionist Mexican government covertly supported by China.

Frame #5395

forget the fuel gauge. all of a sudden i check the compass and im heading north instead of northeast. who knows for how long.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

22 November, 8:14 AM

Frame #5068

im heading north to meet the yacht. a rich tech guy owns it. one of those autodrive magnates. hes got extra fuel. for his chopper.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

7 November, 3:15 PM

Frame #7355

the waterguns filled with fuel. the boys made another flame.thrower. it works.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

24 December, 3:50 AM

Frame #5424

im heading southeast. i was told by some guy that if i want fuel i need to talk to somebody downtown. at the library by the shopping center.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

22 November, 12:08 PM

Frame #5034

the chinamen are trying to sell me jet fuel. theyre saying theres no diesel for sale. jet fuel or nothing. theyre trying to rip me off.

Sprint "Iphone" Case

6 November, 6:24 PM

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Usage of Fuel in The Gospel of Jesus H.

A picture of the planet Mars — An experimental science fiction Christology that makes Jesus the hard boiled narrator of his own early years on a bizarro earth made dark by volcanic ash and informally ruled by a man from Mars who sells bottled air.

"Whose burden has now become the heaviest? The Capitalist whose fuels are now worthless? or the poor man - the homeless man - whose fires are extinguished and who's taken to the homeless shelter now as often as he used to go by himself? Who has the right to complain the most? No one. You think there's an end to the hardship in this world? What burden has not been replaced by another one? The price of fresher air is toil and sweat. But don't forget who paid the highest price for this 'long-awaited progress' as we like to call it. Who gave her life for it? Do you remember her name?"

Jesus took out the picture of his mother.

– Verses 192-193 from the chapter called Security

When I got back to the truck, Washington Dulles was filling up extra canisters with diesel fuel.

– Verse 210 from the chapter called Bohemia

"Petroleum donations from the national fuel reserve."

"Is that all?"

– Verses 58-59 from the chapter called Vows

"Terrorists," my cousin laughed. "The terrorist war, the Martian Revolution. The Reserve Army's been burning all of its fossil fuel reserve fighting these goddamn terrorists; no one's been able to transport fossil fuels to outer space or to Mars for the past - God knows how long; fossil fuel consumption's been up ever since interplanetary trade fell to shit, and all despite the rising prices and restrictions - the Americans finally realized we have to do something about the atmosphere again."

– Verse 74 from the chapter called Bohemia

"I think we're in luck. Look," said Jesus, "these seventeen fuel sales correspond with the seventeen officially scheduled border crossings. These three don't, but the third one took place long after we had started our resistance; the first one took place before the terrorists showed up in Wroclaw; and the second one took place a few days before we found the weapons. I think that's a safe bet."

– Verse 38 from the chapter called Security

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Usage of Fuel in Sex for Children

A drawing of a man between a woman's legs in front of another man in a hospital bed — A literature book narrated by a pair of siblings on either side of the Atlantic whose profoundly weird sexual experiences pose a serious challenge to their traditional understanding of mathematicians, marriage, gay young men and God.

At least your little joke blew over their heads, and I have not yet given you away; rest assured: I have no plans to do so, and I doubt that anyone will be perusing Liszt's biography any time soon. But honestly, their daughter's name is Olympia, the girl whose musical education they have entrusted to you. Ah, but they would never appreciate the joke anyway; well, Albert would: it's right up his alley - but for Indiana? It's far too intellectual. I suppose that's why you didn't tell me: you wanted me to figure it out for myself. Well, it certainly was amusing after Mother began relating the story, when suddenly, upon realizing the implication, my initial resentment at being left in the dark began fueling an irrepressible chuckle.

– Title 2, Regarding the Romaniac, Part 1, Section 2, Finding Yourself in A Situation, Paragraph 3

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Usage of Fuel in Tsiga Tsiga Tsiga

Bullets whizzing by a statue of Nikola Tesla — A collection of stories featuring a sexy Parisian ghost, a spooky Moon base full of vagina-faced aliens, a policeman with an Irish name, a truck full of watermelons, a flautist, and a man who has to see another man about a diseased horse.

Shephard kept going. He realized he was running out of fuel. On the road, he would be helpless. In the desert, he might stand a chance. If he were lucky, he could reach the mosque. Pepsi was there praying for the success of the mission. She could help.

– from “Two Dudes and a Chinese Desert,” a friendship story featuring an interesting use of U.S. assets

Within the hour, a team of investigators was crowding the apartment. A generator fueled a pair of floodlamps. Harris took Tatum's statement in the corridor. He kept holding back a smile.

"I'm not sure you're being entirely forthright, Ms. Read."

"I told you. Somebody ransacked my room. I didn't feel safe."

The man cast a sidelong glance at the corpse. Without turning his head, he shifted his eyes slowly back to Tatum.

– from “Dirty Manga People Are Disgusting,” a spooky story featuring a frank discussion of human sympathy

They threw the bodies into the back of the humvee. They drove the car into the desert. Shephard plowed it into the side of a dune. He cut the fuel lines. He placed the spare tire around the investigator's head-"just to be sure," he said. He lit the fuel on fire. Everything burned. Once the flames had died down, everybody helped cover the smoldering wreck with sand.

Pepsi had brought with her a dead branch. She stuck it into the top of the mound. She tore a piece of cloth from her dress. With a somber look, she tied it to the stake.

– from “Two Dudes and a Chinese Desert,” a friendship story featuring a frank discussion of what China is doing in its western provinces

Clark huffed. "Don't tell me you've gone green."

"The original gas tank cut into the frame. To get to the fuel reserve, you would have to tip the entire bike on its side. Your mother got tired of falling off."

– from “Two Dudes and a Chinese Desert,” a friendship story featuring U.S. government agents

All of a sudden, the motorcycle jerked. Shephard felt an onset of dread. The engine was going to stall. He checked behind him. It was clear. The bike was slowing down. He had no choice. He stopped. The engine stalled. "Damn it," he cried. He got off. He leaned the bike to its side. Fuel from the cut-off compartment sloshed toward the petcock valve. He lifted up the frame. He got on. The humvee crashed past the dune behind him. He kicked the starter. Nothing. He tried again. His heart dropped into his pants. One more time-the engine sparked. The tires kicked up sand.

– from “Two Dudes and a Chinese Desert,” a friendship story featuring a pair of hapless guys who get kidnapped

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Usage of Fuel in Sorry Ms. Jackson

Chiseled letters from an ancient stone tablet hanging on a wall — A real play. With drama in it. Talk fast. It takes two hours. Set in a guest house. In a small community. After a murder. Lots of suspicion. The characters learn to listen to each other. It's funny.

"Fuel" does not make an appearance in Sorry Miss Jackson.

- Michal Slaby

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Usage of Fuel in Miscellaneous Dingbats

The title of the book at the end of a string of miscellaneous dingbats — A story book full of short fiction stories. An interesting bedtime mystery. A fairy tale. Science fiction romance. Adult life. Uninspiring gay fiction. Horror.

Steve O was unperturbed. With the heart of a knight he admitted defeat, moved on with the beer, and soon discovered the meaning of the term easy prey. Conquest followed beer-goggled conquest. It was precisely in the middle of such a beer-fueled feast that Steve O had his first experience with the wrong end.

– from “A Finger Up The Bum,” a gay fiction story that doesn't pretend to be important, but what you make of it is up to you

"I saw the two of them down by the court," said the young woman. She was talking about Matt and Parker. She whispered, "I think they're doing it." Jessica puckered her mouth in excitement. She was grateful to be off the grindstone. Her beer-fueled dalliance with the old man fueled giggles and shakes of the head for days. She was the youngest counselor. Barely eighteen.

I considered mentioning Matt's condoms. I thought better of it.

– from “A Magnum Condom,” a bedtime story to teach children about the real world that may or may not work