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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Quote of the Day

Early morning snow falling in the desert - the bright vast land - coffee and hotcakes on the stove - all around, golden silence spangled with bird cries - the feeling of something splendid about to occur - a setting for visions, pageants, dreams, cavalry battles - Balanced Rock at Arches, snow-covered mountains beyond and me squatting on sandstone in the clear clear chill air, coffee cup in hand, sun blazing down on snow already beginning to melt from juniper, cliffrose, dead pine, pinnacle, ramada - brief bliss.

- Edward Abbey, Confessions of a Barbarian

Friday, September 16, 2016

Creative Destruction

At Political Calculations, you will find the story of a Japanese company that developed a new technology which removes buildings in an incremental manner, causing the building to shrink, one floor at a time.

Very interesting.

Pip and Friend

The opening scene from David Lean's film version of "Great Expectations."

Dickens + Lean = Great drama.

The Neo-Generalist

Thanks, Tanmay.

You write an interesting review and now there's another book for my stack!

How to Become a Selfish Toad

Go to social events and think only of putting yourself at ease and not about doing so for others. Postpone writing thank-you notes until their effect is lost. Either wander down a path of self-recrimination that worships your perfection or quickly forgive yourself for any transgression. Fall so passionately in love with your work that you fail to see areas of possible improvement. Keep careful score on what you have done for others but only roughly recall what they have done for you. Don't give to charity and rationalize that lapse by asserting that the government should do more. Never apologize. Rarely listen. Identify solely with the strong and successful. Pay no attention to the unspoken. Be able to cite, in detail, life's unfairness. Relish the role of victim. Expect large rewards with minimal effort.