How is life? Harsh according to good standards, but well according to harsh ones. Thank your enemies with guest-gifts of pain. The angle of the dangle is proportional to the heat of the meat. Two is one, and one is none. Risk cannot be destroyed, only transformed. No pain, no premium. Over the long term, … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2023-09
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Zuihitsu, 2023-08
If it's an easy change, it's superficial. Slavery is not being able to speak your mind.—paraphrased Epictetus You won’t get anything done by planning.—Karl Pilkington We build on our experience, not our plans. A culture of exposing weakness reduces critical failures. Life and pain share kinship. The gods do not give everything to people at … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2023-08
Zuihitsu, 2023-07
Routine undercuts autonomy. Live as you can since you can’t live as you want.—Caecilius One person's workaround is another's exploit. Quality resists compression. People are lead. Things are managed. Movement is not the same as progress. Be human in all of its bedlam and beauty and madness and mercy for as long as you can … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2023-07
Zuihitsu, 2022-12
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. The first rule of life: don’t be a dickhead. Men only have money the first month of dating, that's recruitment budget. Never confuse … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-12
Zuihitsu, 2022-11
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. All great change comes from community and from individuals learning what is within their individual and collective power. Choose in your best interest. … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2022-11
Zuihitsu: 2021-10
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.—Josephine HartLife is a perpetual act of self-authorization.What cannot be summarized can only be experienced.Attempts to escape the physical world find it stubbornly persists.Instead of lightening our burdens, make them heavier. You might decide … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-10
Zuihitsu: 2021-09
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. What is the underlying issue of the dispute?The Internet is a machine for wrecking consensus and trust.—Marginal RevolutionTo correct a mistake, acknowledge a mistake has been made and state any new information necessary. Don't repeat whatever needed correcting. The world rewards you for … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-09
Zuihitsu: 2021-08
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Calm people live, panicked people die.Emotions are the barometer of mental health.Belief is a way to remove the irritation of doubt.The Internet amplifies variance.We’ve lost and need to go back to the drawing board and start over is one of the hardest … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-08
Zuihitsu: 2021-07
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. The interior of our skulls contains a portal to infinity.—Grant MorrisonPersonal density is proportional to temporal bandwidth.—Thomas PynchonThose who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.—Salvador DaliRelationships come with no guarantees.The tears we cry moisturize the skin of life.Take the broken … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-07
Zuihitsu: 2021-06
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. 1. "I’m not saying we’ll live to see some sort of paradise. But just fighting for change makes you stronger. Not hoping for anything will kill you for sure." —Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues2. Figure out what game you're playing, then play … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-06
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