And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. — Anais Nin
Listen to me for a day . . . an hour! . . . a moment! lest I expire in my terrible wilderness, my lonely silence! O God, is there no one to listen? — Seneca, 4 BC
Dare to Be Wise
Sapere aude! Have courage to use your own understanding.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. — David Hume
The Lesson of Travel
Leaving home doesn’t make all your problems go away . . .
At the McDonald’s Drive-Thru Window
The girl hands me my lunch and says, “How are you doing sir thanks for waiting here’s your order bye.”
“Too fast. I didn’t even tell you how I’m doing yet.”
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” — Mary Anne Radmacher
Jerry Buss, 1933-2013
I’m sad. As a lifelong Laker fan, I kind of feel like I knew the guy. He bought the Lakers in 1979, which means he was younger than I am today, and now he’s dead at the age of 80. I feel old.
Dr. Buss was a USC alum. Fight on.
R.I.P. Jerry Buss
Aside
A good outcome is not the same as a good decision.
There is a Difference
There’s a difference between being persistent and floundering.
Thus spoke The Programmer.
More People I’m Sick Unto Death Of
Recruiters who write job descriptions with requirements like this:
- Great Communication – must be able to speak very clear
Philosophy of Mind
I thought about something and then I thought, Why did I think about that? I can have thoughts about thoughts!
Poems I’ve Read Recently and Liked
- “Aubade” by Philip Larkin
- “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by William Butler Yeats
Facing it — always facing it — that’s the way to get through. — Joseph Conrad, Typhoon
Preaching to the Choir
Mom #1: Moms are right 99 percent of the time.
Mom #2: Ninety-nine point nine percent of the time.
Online Porn May Make You Forget
Pornographic Picture Processing Interferes with Working Memory Performance
Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen found that looking at internet porn has a negative effect on working memory.
Wait a second . . . did I already post this link?
Mad Libs
President Barack Obama’s speeches have a familiar ring these days — no matter if it’s guns, immigration or the budget.
Tout what he’s already done. Say the public’s in his corner. Demand Congress do something. Lament Washington dysfunction. Lay out his own plan. Avoid details. Urge voters to keep up the pressure. Warn it won’t be easy. Bask in the applause.
It’s the fill-in-the-blank approach to selling a presidential agenda: same template, just adjusted for the topic.
Aside
Philosophical skepticism must be distinguished from ordinary incredulity . . .
USC 75, UCLA 71 (OT)
Sorry to spoil Reggie Miller Jersey Retirement Night at the new Pauley Pavilion, but you should know better than to schedule these things against the Men of Troy.
FIGHT ON!
Confidence
‘Confidence’ I now regard as a psychopathic state. Confidence, it’s a cry for help. I mean, you look at all that out there, and what you feel is confidence?