“The concept that there are problems with the world we need to address, such as social justice; I’m totally down with that. However, I don’t agree with the methods that are used in order to reach this goal – shutting down people, cancelling people. There’s a lack of mercy, a lack of forgiveness. These go … Continue reading Nick Cave on ‘Woke’
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The Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination
Nothing Else Matters
Zuihitsu, 2023-12
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Failure requires objectives. Hedges are not for keeping people out, but directing them to the path. Do not mistake games for wasting time. A … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2023-12
Words & Phrases, 2023
sparple, to deflect attention from one thing by making a big deal of something else entirely bâi làn, Chinese slang, let it rot Schadenfreude, German, Schaden(Damage) + Freude(Fun) ohne Ecken und Kanten, German, without corners and edges zugzwang, chess, when you must move but it would be better to not do anything secretary, literally means … Continue reading Words & Phrases, 2023
Zuihitsu, 2023-11
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. Trading one asset class is blind trading. An avalanche starts with a single snowflake, but which one? Lawyers: When the law is not on … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2023-11
Zuihitsu, 2023-10
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. It's none of my business. Fraud is the market of a bubble. Each of us are a work made by our own hand. Attempts … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2023-10
Never Complete, Never Left
"Rabbi Tarfon used to say: The day is short, the work is great, the workers are lazy, the reward is great, and the master is insistent. He also used to say: You are not called to complete the work, nor are you free to leave it."--quote by David R. MacIver, "Other people's needs." notebook.drmaciver.com. January … Continue reading Never Complete, Never Left
Give Us Grace and Strength
"Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors. If it may not, give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, … Continue reading Give Us Grace and Strength
Watches & Time
"You Americans have the watches, but we[, the Taliban,] have the time."-A captured Taliban fighters quoted in Ryan C. Crocker, "Why Biden’s Lack of Strategic Patience Led to Disaster." The New York Times. August 21, 2021.
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