Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. | |
— Marcus Aurelius | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Natural Selection |
2021 | Farming Lessons |
Changing Colors | |
2020 | A Simple Fact |
Home Through The Years / Just Painted | |
2019 | Does Terrible But Not Important Count? |
2018 | Have You Stretched Today? |
The Original | |
2017 | Being Nice |
2016 | Zero To Some = Most |
2015 | Born More Obligated |
2014 | Rage And Fury |
2013 | Successful Children |
2012 | For God So Loved The World |
2011 | Go Cheeseheads!! |
Structured Mentality | |
Posts Tagged ‘Quotes’
Make Yourself Good Today
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, tagged Elbow, Life, Living, Marcus Aurelius, Philosophy, Power, Quotes, The Present, Years on February 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Simpler Is Better
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Complexity, Philosophy, Quotes, Results, Ryan Flaherty, Training on February 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Don’t buy complexity; the simpler you make your training, the better the results become. | |
— Ryan Flaherty | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Modern Republicans Have Long Since Concluded… |
2021 | Do Senate Republicans Believe In The Constitution And The Rule Of Law (Or Not)? |
With Your Red Dress On | |
2020 | Morally Treasonable |
2019 | Lost Again Or Still? |
2018 | Why #LazyDonald Starts Work At 11AM |
2017 | At Least Most Of The Time |
2016 | But Doctor, I Never Learned How To Read |
2015 | Punch The Keys, For God’s Sake! |
2014 | Ouch! |
2013 | Revelations |
2012 | Movies And Juicing |
Brady Gets #4 (Prediction) | |
Happy To Get Up | |
2011 | What About Good Blogs? |
2010 | Slowly, Slowly… |
Chief, Not Only
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Hubris, Impatience, Larry Wall, Laziness, Philosophy, Programmers, Programming Perl, Quotes, Virtues on February 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. | |
― Larry Wall | |
From his book: “Programming Perl“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Almost Never (These Days) In Politics |
2021 | Senate: Defend The Constitution – Convict Trump |
Can The Senate Find Truth? | |
2020 | All Foam And All Dreams |
2019 | Why #IncompetentDonald May Be The Most Successful President Ever |
Latina Fish Story | |
2018 | Blocking The Light And Air |
2017 | It’s Even Dimmer When You Don’t Have It |
2016 | Inconvenienced By Degree |
2015 | Sincerity |
2014 | Prayers For Junior |
Senseless | |
2013 | Interesting Drink |
Super Bowl XLVII Declared A No Bird Zone | |
2012 | Smile |
2011 | Come Forward |
Discomfort
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Convenience, Discomfort, Growth, Justin Parham, Matrix Revolutionary, Philosophy, Quotes, Technology, Wired Magazine, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on February 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
A lot of things still matter in this world – touch and relationships and real conversation and discomfort. Technology is designed toward convenience. It’s designed to make things easier, to make life a bit more comfortable. But we need discomfort. We need discomfort in order to grow. | |
— Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | |
Quoted by: Justin Parham | |
In his interview article: “Matrix Revolutionary“ | |
Appearing in: Wired Magazine; dtd: Dec. 2021 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Clear View Of #45 |
2021 | Not Here, Not Again |
Will The Senate Convict An Insurrectionist? | |
2020 | Senate Perfidy |
2019 | Contributing To Congress |
Yellow Signs Of Spring | |
2018 | But Take Heart |
Poetic Marker | |
2017 | The Few, The Many, The Most |
2016 | To My Brother |
2015 | For Junior |
A Roman Rome | |
2014 | Hmmm |
2013 | What’s A Motto With You? |
2012 | Worthy Companions |
2011 | Bourne Again |
Which Ten Are You In? | |
Plopped: Blogging
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Entertainment, Frank Zappa, Lyrics, Philosophy, Pretensions, Quotes, The Real Frank Zappa Book on February 1, 2023| 2 Comments »
I don’t have any pretensions about being a poet. My lyrics are there for entertainment purposes only — not to be taken internally. Some of them are truly stupid, some are slightly less stupid and a few of them are sort of funny. Apart from the snide political stuff, which I enjoy writing, the rest of the lyrics wouldn’t exist at all if it weren’t for the fact that we live in a society where instrumental music is irrelevant — so if a guy expects to earn a living by providing musical entertainment for folks in the U.S.A., he’d better figure out how to do something with a human voice plopped on it. | |
— Frank Zappa | |
From his book: “The Real Frank Zappa Book“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Jeopardy |
2021 | Will Republican Senators Convict A Former President? |
Keep Moving, Keep Rolling | |
2020 | Republican Acceptance Of Abuse Of Office |
2019 | The Courage Of Four Skills |
2018 | And Stable Genius, Too |
2017 | And So We Continue |
2016 | Feeling Endangered? |
2015 | One Day |
2014 | Too Bad |
2013 | Unfinished |
2012 | First Steps Along The Path |
2011 | A Small Part Of Future Webs |
Some Of Us Sit Quietly (Indoors), Read And Drink Coffee
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Coffee, Erma Bombeck, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Saltwater, Sand, Skin, Vacations on January 31, 2023| 2 Comments »
On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings. | |
— Erma Bombeck | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Sometimes I’m Confused |
2021 | You Need Me On That Wall |
Counting Bees And Chasing Clouds | |
2020 | Precious Life |
2019 | Nothing Is Too Difficult For Me |
Patterns Of Caring | |
2018 | And May Never Be |
2017 | Don’t Forget |
2016 | I Was A Percentage Man |
2015 | It Waits Patiently |
2014 | Unknown |
2013 | Explaining Love? |
2012 | Echoes of 1% |
2011 | Salaam, Egypt!! |
Where Do You Learn? | |
Just Agree To Disagree
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Arguments, Cereal, Controversy, Family Planning, Humor, Philosophy, Public Discussion, Quotes on January 30, 2023| 2 Comments »
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial. | ||
— Erma Bombeck | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2022 | There Is No Fate But What You Make | |
2021 | The Silent Word | |
Touched My Hand | ||
2020 | Releasing Their Fears | |
2019 | 17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown | |
2018 | Disciplined Models | |
2017 | We Cannot Afford Enemies | |
2016 | Love Is Just A State Of Mind | |
2015 | Waiting? | |
2014 | Big C, Little B (II) | |
Where God Has Not | ||
2013 | Chasing His Dragon | |
Shaped And Molded | ||
2012 | Believe In Yourself | |
2011 | Cultural Equivalence | |
Why Not? | ||
Books About Books | ||
The Basis For Adult Continuing Education | ||
Almost
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on January 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Make the most of yourself. For that is all there is of you. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Happy Realization |
2021 | Is Science Cumulative? |
We’re Aging With Time | |
2020 | Where #45 Is Leading The Republican Party |
2019 | Your Own Blog Posts |
The Man With A Code | |
2018 | Choose Goodness |
2017 | Developing Translations |
2016 | Think Like A Hero |
2015 | Reductionism |
2014 | Gravitation, n. |
2013 | Ups And Downs |
2012 | Nerd Heard – And Good-Bye |
Your Continuum | |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 2) |
A Very Few
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Clerks, Computers, Expectations, Operators, Peter Drucker, Philosophy, Programmers, Quotes on January 27, 2023| 1 Comment »
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations… They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them ‘operators’ or ‘programmers.’ | |
— Peter Drucker | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Are You Confused? |
2021 | Working On The Ordinary |
Smoothed My Jagged Edges | |
2020 | Republican Senators Should Vote For Conviction Of #45 |
2019 | Carry It |
2018 | Simple |
2017 | Knowledge Pays |
2016 | Brief Glimpses And Full Glances |
2015 | Pursuing Perspective |
2014 | Wearing Down? |
2013 | Labouring Under A Curse |
2012 | Listen To Yourself |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 1) |
No Captain Dunsel | |
Think About It
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Reputation, Thinking, Warren Buffett on January 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. | |
— Warren Buffett | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | An Experiment Without A Control Group |
2021 | Seeking Center |
Your Love Is Near | |
2020 | You Mean I’m STILL In School? |
2019 | Finishing Work |
2018 | Diversity |
2017 | Timely Planning |
2016 | Just Too Easy To Know Fewer And Fewer |
2015 | A Fine Balance |
2014 | Next Rung |
2013 | Super Bowl Prep |
Romantics | |
A Goal For Zen? | |
2012 | Mutant Powers Of Obsession |
2011 | Federal Stars |
Mud Pie | |
Don’t Blink
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Christianity, Faith, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Philosophy, Quotes, Truth on January 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It can do truth no service to blink the fact, known to all who have the most ordinary acquaintance with literary history, that a large portion of the noblest and most valuable moral teaching has been the work, not only of men who did not know, but of men who knew and rejected, the Christian faith. | |
— John Stuart Mill | |
From: “On Liberty“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | The Fight Continues… |
2021 | Short, Swift, Haste |
Another Friend’s Passing | |
2020 | Can We At Least Set The Bar Higher Than An Incompetent Liar In The Oval Office? |
2019 | Uncertain Times |
And Government Shutdowns, Too | |
2018 | Satisfied |
2017 | In The Mind |
2016 | Dreaming |
2015 | The Best Medicine Is Also Contagious |
2014 | Eyes Off |
2013 | The More Things Change… |
2012 | The Delicate Moment Of Giving |
2011 | Ready, Shoot, Aim!! |
Restructuring Persistent Futility
Posted in Politics, Quotes, Philosophy, tagged American Politics, Dissent, Futility, Philosophy, Protests, Quotes, Society, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Violence on January 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The truth is that a vast restructuring of our society is needed if remedies are to become available to the average person. Without that restructuring the good will that holds society together will be slowly dissipated… It is that sense of futility which permeates the present series of protests and dissents. Where there is a persistent sense of futility, there is violence; and that is where we are today. | |
— William O. Douglas | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | By Any Other Name (Or Description) |
2021 | Democracy, Pandemic, Economy And Climate Change |
Heaven Is… | |
2020 | Hoping For #46 In January 2021 |
2019 | Interesting, But Not Fascinating |
But Try To Eat The Low-Hanging First | |
2018 | Me, Too |
2017 | Apt Enough? |
2016 | Now Or Ever |
21, Pause, Restart | |
2015 | I Am Shocked, Sir, Shocked… |
Lucy & FSND-2 | |
2014 | Less Difficult |
2013 | The Spirit Of Liberty |
2012 | The Essential Freedom Of Aloneness |
2011 | A Problem Of Scale |
Fred Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | |
2010 | Another Book, Another Jog… |
Feeling GAS* (Again)
Posted in Guitar, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Frederic Chopin, GAS, Guitar, Guitar Acquisition Syndrome, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes on January 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two. | |
— Frederic Chopin | |
[As in “Guitar Acquisition Syndrome“. (LoL) — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | And Even Fewer Regrets |
2021 | Today Counts |
I Hope You’ll Understand | |
2020 | Maybe #IncompetentDonald Really Is A Great Manager |
2019 | Your Only Choice |
2018 | A Good Definition |
2017 | Getting It Done |
2016 | Getting To Know Me |
2015 | Why I Pay Taxes |
2014 | Inequality Of Sacrifice |
2013 | I Never Saw A Moor |
2012 | Fill In The Blank |
Not For Naught | |
Cliff Notes To Life? | |
2011 | Conference Games Sunday |
Finding Richness
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Adventure, Excitement, Fear, Independence, Life, Philosophy, Quotes, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on January 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. But man is not ready for adventure unless he is rid of fear. For fear confines him and limits his scope. He stays tethered by strings of doubt and indecision and has only a small and narrow world to explore. | |
— William O. Douglas | |
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Enduring Success |
2021 | Dealing With Trumpism, Racism and Fascism In America |
Just Wondering | |
2020 | And So Must Good Government |
2019 | Are You Done Watching? |
2018 | Spineless Capitulation By The Democrats |
Woe Is Me… | |
2017 | Sincerely Yours |
2016 | Only Good To Say |
2015 | A Series Of Temporary Conditions |
2014 | Gaps |
2013 | Duty |
2012 | Cost Not Price |
Superheroes | |
2011 | The Simple Normalcy Of Everyday Life – “Squirrel!” |