New Day

New day. Fresh challenges and fresh answers and sometimes a lot of old ones.

Progress (or regression) can be found in the process and/or the results.

Don't forget to dissect.

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Excerpt: "Sir Eric Findlay died on good terms with his family, having lived long enough to earn the reputation of an eccentric rather than a nut."

Quote of the Day

Those who know do not tell,
Those who tell do not know ....

- Lao Tzu

Find Something Beautiful Today

George C. Scott Moment

From "Dr. Strangelove."

First Paragraph

One may paraphrase the famous words of Karl Marx and say that a specter is haunting the modern mind, the specter of insecurity. Surely the outstanding characteristic of contemporary thought on man and society is the preoccupation with personal alienation and cultural disintegration. The fears of the nineteenth-century conservatives in Western Europe, expressed against a background of increasing individualism, secularism, and social dislocation, have become, to an extraordinary degree, the insights and hypotheses of present-day students of man in society. The widening concern with insecurity and disintegration is accompanied by a profound regard for the values of status, membership, and community. 

- From The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order & Freedom by Robert Nisbet

Short Story Saturday

Richard Connell's adventure classic: "The Most Dangerous Game."

In the Background

The soundtrack to "Lawrence of Arabia" is in the background.

I just had some espresso and read part of the newspaper. More coffee is needed. A chunk of the day will be devoted to preparing a briefing and reviewing some coaching notes for a client. 

Also working on another book: a collection of the Random Thoughts that are occasionally posted on this blog. It will also include some thoughts that have not been posted.  

Scribble, scribble.

Have a great day.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

You have been given a special assignment: to choose a film/show or a song that will be played on a running loop in the cell of a vile person who is in the lowest ring of Hell.

The goal? To punish.

Your choices?

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