Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- And just like that Brian Ferenze was out at Iowa or put another way
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Mostly a travel day today but I have plenty already written and will post from time to time. Be sure to check back once and a while. And please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Happy Halloween!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.
"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them." - Aristotle
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
"Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster." - Hunter S. Thompson
"Success is not guaranteed, but excitement is!" - Elon Musk
Monday, October 30, 2023
Linky Links
Some things I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Alan Sepinwall with an appreciation of Matthew Perry
- We see you. Noted.
- Daily Coach life lessons on investment. Good advice.
- How lawyers can use Chat GPT. Keep searching for uses of Chat GPT. (HT Steve Landry)
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Hate to invoke the rule of three but first Richard Moll, then Matthew Perry, and now I'm worried about what today may bring. As always please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Muchos gracias!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"A rationalist is simply someone for whom it is more important to learn than to be proved right." - Karl Popper
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." - Mark Twain
"Once we get off the planet, the last thing we want to do is go to another gravity." - Jeff Bezos
"Diversification is a hedge against a lack of knowledge." - Naval Ravikant
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- The funny thing is - this would work. Any politician would have to deploy for any war they vote funds for. If over 35-years old their kids would have to sign up
- Heh Heh
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Tucker Carlson Episode 34 on Ukraine. Mea culpa for not posting this earlier.
- Pure evil.
- VDH on premodern diversity vs civilizational unity.
- What happened after the Black Death? Love this sort of history.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Down in Delray Beach Florida so didn't get the pay-per-view of the Tyson Furey-Francis Ngannou fight and I'm glad I didn't because I would have honestly bet on Furey. Not sure if I've been paid on that. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I thought might resonate with you.
"Draft ugly and edit pretty." - Tim Ferriss
"The biggest mistake you can make is to accept the norms of your time." - Neil Strauss
"Frustration is a matter of expectation." - Luis von Ahn
"Money is a great servant but a horrible master." - Morgan Housel
Unbelievable
Once UFC heavyweight, once homeless, Francis Ngannou now knocks down undefeated heavyweight champ to gain a split decision. How has his life story not been optioned to make a movie yet? (Photo via)
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- From Senator Chuck Grassley This could get interesting. (Via)
- Morgan Housel on Smart Things I've Read Lately. Big believer in Munger's idea of going to bed 1% smarter than when you woke up.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsan
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack,
Sorry for the sporadic posting. Down in Florida to see the Pats play the Dolphins tomorrow. Squish the fish. Remember to Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Curb your desire - don't set your heart on so many things and you will get what you need." - Epictetus
"Be the silence that listens." - Tara Branch
"It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains." - Thomas Huxley
"Be open to whatever comes next." - John Cage
Friday, October 27, 2023
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Hate speech in inevitably defined by those who hate speech. - Jordan Peterson
"Man conquers the world by conquering himself." - Zeno
"When people report 'crimes' to the media but not the police, I don't believe them." - Zuby
"The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison." - Fydor Dostoyevsky
Missouri Executive Order 44
"...the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description."Missouri Executive Order 44 passed on this day in 1838. The law made it legal to kill Mormons in Missouri. The law was not repealed until 1976.
It blows my mind to think this law was on the books for 138 years!
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Tombstone - Gunfight at the OK Corral
Good a chance as any to post this scene as it happened on this day in 1881. There were 30 shots in real life - never counted how many happened in the movie.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The price of forgetting. Colleges are purposefully miseducating our youth and this is the price we pay. Stupidity across the board.
- I would actually like to learn more about this urban wind turbine
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Is Courtroom TV still a thing? Is there any way to buy stock in it with so many juicy lawsuits coming? Asking for a friend. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Only three things can happen when you the ball is in the air, and two of them are bad." - Woody Hayes
"Energy and persistence conquer all things." - Benjamin Franklin
"To get better outcomes, learn to do the boring work no one wants to do when no one is watching." - Shane Parrish
"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." - Ayn Rand
William Langland
In kindness and leases, lordships and servants.
The Romans heard an angel cry on high above them,
"This day does eccelesiae has drunk venom
And all who have Peter's power are poisoned forever"
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone
Recorded in Venice in 2008. If you get visions of Clint Eastwood in a Spaghetti Western while listening to this - you're not alone. (Via)
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Rand Paul is right on Ukraine. Agree with this viewpoint 100%.
- The Daily Coach on the 7 factors of top performers.
- Interesting Clemson-LSU story
- The secret purchase agreement between South Africa and Pfizer has been released. It was a made-up marketing ploy all along.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Sometimes metaphors just don't work. Focusing on an individual is not the same as trying to isolate a single molecule of H2O in the ocean. Otherwise we'd never have biographies. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, and share the Link. Gracias!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly; but the good endures. If you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure; the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures." - Gaius Musonius Rufus
"Offer me money. Offer me power. I don't care. I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it." - Elon Musk
"War is when the government tells you who the bad guyis. Revolution is when you decide for yourself." - Benjamin Franklin
"The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." - Samuel Johnson
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
The situation with Michigan's signal stealing is spiraling but nobody seems to know the significance. This could cause the downfall of the program and Jim Harbaugh. Or it could be nothing. Who knows? As always -please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- VDH on does Iran recognize its own growing danger?
- The reckoning coming in higher education. The value of a college degree has plummeted and its not coming back. (HT Steve Landry)
- Mr. President tell us how you really feal about Mitt Romney
- Tucker Carlson: Episode 33. Are we really going to war with Iran?
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Josh Allen flopping. Would also make a good name for a sports blog or Substack.
- More truth!
- Heh Heh
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The secret of happiness is freedom; and the secret of freedom is courage." - Thucydides
"Like arrows are in the hand of a warrior; so are children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them." - Psalms 127
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." - Neil Gaiman
"You can't shoot an idea with a gun." - Thomas Dewey
Monday, October 23, 2023
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
A little something to noodle over while you get ready for Monday Night Football. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. If you like Belichick better please hit the Like button. If Tom Brady - please share the Link. Thanks!
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The day the delusions died. People are learning what the word "woke" really means.
- Swiss Populist Party defeats "Woke Madness." People are waking up all over the place.
- Truth (HT Cultural Offering)
Barbara Tuchman - A Distant Mirror
Currently reading A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman of Guns of August fame. Personally fascinated by this period of history which is even more significant given our pandemic. Tuchman tries to highlight the period through the life of one man, Enguerrand de Courcy VII. But due to the nature of history - he doesn't make n appearance until Chapter 7. Will keep you posted.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"What one man calls God, another calls the law of physics." - Nikola Tesla
"Physics is the law, everything else is a recommendation." - Elon Musk
"I create my own luck. I'm a successful gambler because I never bet on an event I'm not sure of in advance." - Arnold Rothstein
"I learn by going where I need to go." - John le Carre
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- I firmly believe that Dante Scarnecchia belongs in the Hall of Fame in Canton.
- Doctor fired for antisemitic Tweets. When someone shows you who they are - believe them. The apologies are all theater.
- How to load a dishwasher. News you can use.
- Interesting: Bill Belichick got a big contract extension this offseason.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Pretty much a lazy Sunday to just putter around watching NFL games. Wasn't kidding when I said that no outcome from any game today would be surprising. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share he Link. Go Pats!
Michael Herr - Dispatches
"Combat spared far more men than it wasted, but everyone suffered the time between contact, especially when they were going out every day looking for it, bad going on foot, terrible in trucks and APC's, awful in helicopters, the worst, traveling so fast to fast toward so frightening." - Michael Herr Dispatches
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Why do we have so much data about vaccination rates by race but none by obesity?" - Scott Adams
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." - Buckminster Fuller
"Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, 'What else could this mean?'" - Shannon Adler
"I am 100% happy to watch you get really rich doing something that I have no interest in doing." - Brent Beshore
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Amazing how quickly people are jumping off the Patriots bandwagon. Yet people in New England still won't embrace college football. That's what the Boston Bruins are for I guess. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jon Stewart has his show pulled off Apple TV. I forgot he had a show.
- UPenn says they don't want your money. Good. Hope they raise tuitions.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The only people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs
"I was born in a storm and calm does not suit me." - Andrew Jackson
"All I'm asking is for the same right to the same weapons that I paid for the Taliban to own," - Michael Malice
"The way to win was to be the first person to punch or kick the other guy in the balls. That would end the fight because you can't continue if you get crushed in the balls." - Kimbal Musk
Friday, October 20, 2023
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Think every teenager has been here
- Truth!
- One guy gets paid and the other gets fired.
- CNN blames fog of war (rinse and repeat)
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The Robert Heinlein interview. Interesting read. The quote by Heinlein, "You can't learn from a man who agrees with you" is a wise one. (HT Harvey Morrell)
- Elon Musk on the 7-month sentence against meme artist Douglass Mackey
- Houston Astros get caught stealing signs. Jim Harbaugh and Michigan say, "Hold my beer."
- Interesting: Do you have a question for Tim Ferriss based on his blog or podcast? Go ahead and ask his AI. This could be the future.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observation post up on Substack.
Having a hard time coming up with something pithy to write here. Maybe its the Friday morning hangover or maybe the lack of coffee. Anyway hope this is OK. Perhaps Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link in sympathy? It would be appreciated.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Great minds have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
"Amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic." - Amy Rees Anderson
"Name me a single Russian worth his salt who could face the problems of his country sober!" - John le Carre
"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." - John Steinbeck
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The strange and brutal history of crucifixion. Pretty sure I've read this history before but still fascinating.
- Victoria's Secret pivoting after finding going woke is costing them money and market share. Good - let someone else step up and take your business.
- Tucker Carlson: Episode 31 How to Avoid WW3.
- The Westminster Declaration is central to scientific thought. Don't trust a scientist who doesn't support it.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Actor Burt Young has passed away aged 83. Am I an awful person for thinking he had died a while ago? Out of sight is out of mind but not on screen should note equate to died. I feel as dumb as the NYT. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Master the best of what other people have already figured out. This is how you turn the hindsight of others into your foresight." - Shane Parrish
"Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of their way and let them have it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
"One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being." - May Sarton
"But Clive knew nothing of unfairness because he knew nothing of its opposite." - John le Carre
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Another day - another foundation closes their checkbooks to universities.
- Paul Graham on Superlinear Returns. So true!
- If there was any truth in advertising this change would actually happen.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Have this jingle stuck in my head. Maybe now it will be stuck in your head too. Enjoy! Remember - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Could be the only way to get the jingle out of your head. Thanks!
EDIT: Changed the title - getting ahead of myself.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Great men are not born great, they grow great." - Mario Puzo
"First you have to catch the goddamn ball, second, get open." - Bill Belichick
"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers." - Carl Sagan
"I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit." - Mel Brooks
Dispatches by Michael Herr
Is it any surprise that Herr was also the co-writer of the screenplays for both Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Gives one a new respect for the prose of Dispatches which could be summed up by the following paragraph:
In the months after I got back the hundreds of helicopters I'd flown in began to draw together until they formed a collective meta-chopter, and in my mind it was the sexiest thing going; saver-destroyer, provider-waster, right hand-left hand, nimble, fluent, canny and human; hot steel, grease, jungle-saturated canvas webbing, sweat cooling and warming up again, cassette rock and roll in one ear and door-gun fire in the other, fuel, heat, vitality and death, death itself, hardly an intruder. Men on the crews would say that once you'd carried a dead person he would always be there, riding with you.
Yeah - the whole book is like that. Maybe why I'm re-reading it.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Another day and another foundation closes their checkbook to a major university.
- Morgan Housel: A few laws of getting rich.
- VDH on our post Hamas wreckage. He brings up some points about the War in Ukraine and the attacks in Israel that deserve answers.
- Truth!
Atomic Habits
One of those books I recommend everyone should read. In fact I should probably find my copy to give it a re-read.
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Mention that Inside the NFL by David Harris should have been on my list of best football books. They all seem to deal with the NFL but if I included college ball then Swing Your Sword the Mike Leach story may have made the list. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The six best doctors in the world are sun, rest, exercise, diet, self-esteem, and friends. Keep them at all stages of your life and enjoy a healthy life." - Charlie Chaplin
"To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting." - Edmund Burke
"A bow tie announces to the world that you can no longer get an erection." - David Sedaris
"Learn by trying to understand simple things in terms of other ideas - always honestly and directly." - Richard Feynman
Stanley McChrystal
"...you should have running list of three people that you are watching: someone senior to you that you want to emulate, a peer who you think is better at the job than you are and who you respect, and someone subordinate who's doing the job you did - one, two, or three years ago - better than you did it. If you just have those three individuals that you're constantly measuring yourself off of, and you're constantly learning from them, you're going to be exponentially better than you are." - Stanley McChrystal
Monday, October 16, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Can a donor revolt save American universities? The pendulum is swinging back to the center.
- Marc Andreessen on the Techno-Optimist Manifesto. We hold these truths to be self-evident.
- Greenpeace co-founder joins climate change skeptics.
- Glenn Harlan Reynolds on Rethinking the Civil Service. Agree 100%.
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Think Michael Caine would approve of these thoughts and observations. And think he'd vigorously tell you to Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Michael Caine thanks you!
Top 5 - Michael Caine Roles
Yesterday was the anniversary of Michael Caine announcing he's retiring from acting and at his age who can blame him? Here's my favorite Michael Caine roles. (And a reminder - if you say say the words "my cocaine" you are also saying "Michael Caine" in his own accent.)
1. The Fourth Protocol as John Preston an English spy trying to outwit Pierce Brosnan's Russian agent.
2. The Man Who Would be King as Peachy Carnehan opposite Sean Connery.
3. Secondhand Lions as Garth in this very underrated movie for which I have a soft spot.
4. As Alfred in the Chris Nolan Batman Trilogy
5. Harry Brown - Caine doing a Death Wish style action movie at age 77? Yes - very underrated.
Please note I'm too young to have seen Alfie and have never seen The Cider House Rules, and don't think Get Carter has aged well (even though it was later remade by Sylvester Stallone). Remember these are my favorite roles - your preferences are bound to be different. Would have liked to put his role as Laurence Jamieson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on the list but honestly never felt a desire to re-watch that flick.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Being wrong may hurt you a bit, but being slow will kill you." - Jeff Bezos
" If you want to know what you should be doing, start with the things people can't talk you out of." - Shane Parrish
"If you want an average, successful life, it much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go to school, and apply for jobs you might like." - Scott Adams
"Tune out society and its endless and noisy demands." - Naval Ravikant
Sunday, October 15, 2023
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Some thoughts to ponder while you enjoy the 1:00 NFL games. No matter what - still pulling for the Pats! As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button or share the Link. Thanks!
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Now I want to take this trip!
- Also funny because its true!
- Love this!
I Would Agree with This
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"We are building a team, not collecting talent." - Bill Belichick
"What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right." - Howard Cosell
"The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the nonobvious." - Marcus Aurelius
"Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body."- Seneca
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Remembering Errol Flynn
From the archives: I'm an Errol Flynn fan. On this day (October 14th) in 1959 - Flynn died of a heart attack at age 50. Two tidbits made me chuckle from his Wikipedia entry.
He was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California. He shares coffin space with six bottles of whiskey, a parting gift from his drinking buddies
Although I respect the gesture - I hope my drinking buddies have better sense than to waste good whiskey. Besides - I plan to be cremated.
In his 1980 short-story collection Music for Chameleons, author Truman Capote recounts a conversation he had with Marilyn Monroe in which Monroe refers to once attending a Hollywood party where Errol Flynn entertained guests by playing "You Are My Sunshine" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" on a piano using only his penis.
While an amusing anecdote - I'm skeptical about this one. Not that I don't think he could do it. I just don't see him taking the time to rehearse the songs.
After reading the entry in Wikipedia - I was left wanting to re-read Michael Herr's classic Vietnam book Dispatches because Errol Flynn's son Sean "co-stars" so to speak as another war correspondent in the book. I also added the movie My Favorite Year to my movie queue because the Alan Swann character (played by Peter O'Toole) was based on Errol Flynn.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Interesting 9/11 story. Never heard this before.
- Simon Schama on the attacks in Israel
- Jonathan Turley on Leon Panetta. He's left his reputation in shreds. And continues to do so.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
You nay have noticed a lot of Elon Musk related thoughts lately. This is mainly due to reading Walter Isaacson's new book Elon Musk. Currently up to 2019. Hope its not annoying. As always - pleas Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Happy Saturday!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Practice what even seems impossible." - Marcus Aurelius
"There's winning and there is misery." - Bill Parcells
"Only the vanquished remember history." - Marshall McLuhan
"Everyone has an agenda, and rarely is it about doing the right thing." - Michael Lombardi
Friday, October 13, 2023
Elon Musk's Algorithm
- Question every requirement. He views any regulation set by man as recommendations. Only really need to obey the laws of physics.
- Delete any part or process you can. Put another way - simplify! simplify! simplify!
- Simplify and optimize.
- Accelerate cycle time. Every process can be speeded up. But only follow this after the first three steps. Aiming for your personal best is good advice but only after you've mastered the basics.
- Automate. That comes last.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Interesting look at SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. Long article but worth your time.
- Jonathan Turley on rampant grade inflation at Harvard.
- Speaking of colleges - university donors should close their checkbooks. Agreed!
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Something to read while you get ready for another weekend full of beer and football. Oh wait - that might be just me. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. It's what Nick Sanan or Bill Belichick would want,
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice." - Proverbs 17:23
"I awoke only to find the rest of the world was still asleep." - Leonardo da Vinci
"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." - Benjamin Disraeli
"The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired in the first half." - Fyodor Dostoevesky
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Don't tell me the perfect Halloween costume doesn't exist!
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- May have to switch to Sam Lager bottles.
- Farewell to Barry Melrose. Perhaps nobody embodied hockey better but now he's leaving ESPN due to Parkinson's.
- Tucker Carlson Episode 29: The Attack on Israel.
- This one's for Artemisia. Shieldmaiden introduces us to an artist from Caravaggio's age and we are richer for it.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Sorry if the posts seem very Israel-centric lately but its impossible to live through the attacks which are to them what 9/11 was to us without having thoughts (angry thoughts). As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Innovation involves anticipation. It is having a broad base of knowledge on your subject and an ability to see where the end game is headed." - Bill Walsh
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you must connect them looking backwards." - Steve Jobs
"You don't work n the NFL. You live in the NFL." - Al Davis
"Time is the friend of someone who is properly positioned and the enemy of someone poorly positioned." - Shane Parrish
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Tesla Cybertruck
"Let's make the strength on the outside, make it an exoskeleton, and hand everything else from the inside of it." - Elon Musk
According to lore the idea for the Cybertruck began in 2017.
The real idea of the Cybertruck geminated around the time that Musk became enthralled by the possibility of making the SpaceX ships out of stainless steel. That material could also work for the planned Cybertruck. Charles Kuehmann developed a stainless steel alloy that was "cold rolled" instead of using heat treatments which was later patented. It was strong enough to use for both rockets and Cybertrucks.
In July 2019, designer Franz von Holzhausen and Dave Morris built a full-size mock-up and the Cybertruck was born. It was their design not Musk's but he loved it. And I'm on the wait list to get one.
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Good luck getting this question out of your head.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- 10 Famous Movie Lines You're Probably Misquoting
- Anthony Holden, author of Big Deal, passes aged 76. Just added his book to the list.
- An egregious example why civil forfeiture is wrong
- Could fixing the Patriots offense include benching Mac Jones? The question all of New England seems to be asking.
Michael Lombardi Football Done Right
The book is pretty straight forward look at look at some of the history of the NFL and what makes someone great whether they be coach, broadcaster, or player plus some history of football trades and the Draft. Lombardi compiles his list of the football TV giants, the 10 best coaches, and the 100 best plyers of All-Time.
As Steve Jobs said, "You can't connect the dots looking forward, you must connect them looking backwards." Lombardi connects the NFL dots and I heartily recommend the book.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The most valuable personal finance asset is not needing to impress anyone." - Morgan Housel
"No one tries to win the moment at the expense of the decade, and yet that is how it often goes." - Shane Parrish
"To be super clear, I'm pro free speech, but I'm against anti-Semitism of any kind." - Elon Musk
"Error correction is the beginning of infinity." - David Deutsch
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observation post up on Substack.
Still rather upset about the situation in Israel to be honest. Tried to not let them color all my thoughts. Hope you understand. Thanks.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- We live in a world where Playboy has more integrity than Harvard or any Ivy League school.
- VDH on Israel, Hamas, and the White House. Interesting that this appears on X where VDH knows his thoughts and words won't be censored.
- Glenn Harland Reynolds on Is Everything Going to Hell? He sees evidence the pendulum is swinging in the other direction.
- Noah Smith on how Western Leftists have lost the plot. When someone shows you who they are - believe them!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Once you are in a place where you've shored up your strengths and managed your weaknesses - when you've created the pause between thought and action - you can turn clear thinking into effective decisions." - Shane Parrish
"If you leave billions of dollars of weapons behind I promise they're going to be used against your grandchildren and mine someday." - Joe Biden
"Don't trust anyone with 'Anti' in their organization's name. It mean they are doing the thing while blaming you for it." - Scott Adams
"Sometimes the man who looks happiest in town, with the biggest smile, is the one carrying the biggest load of sin." - Ray Bradbury
Life Advice from Bill Walsh
Via Mike Lombardi. I also highly recommend the book The Score Takes Care if Itself by Bill Walsh
Monday, October 09, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Everything you need to know about Hamas' war on Israel.
- Robert Kraft on the attacks on Israel. Remember he was the first NFL owner to bring the Lombardi Trophy to Israel. This is not a subject he takes lightly.
A Modest Proposal
Said it before but Columbus Day continuing to be a federal holiday also continues to be a divisive issue. On one side you have people who say Columbus was a genocidal imperialist monster and on the other proud Italian-Americans and traditionalists. I have a modest proposal with a solution which I think would be acceptable to most Americans.
On October 19th in 1781 the British forces under Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War. America as a free nation really starts with this date. Why not celebrate the date as the new national holiday in replacement of Columbus Day? Yorktown Day could be celebrated on the third Monday in October. The unions would be satisfied since they wouldn't be losing a paid holiday. Italian-Americans couldn't complain since this in no way would be disrespecting Columbus and historically Yorktown is the more important date (beside Columbus really "discovered" the Caribbean not North America). French-Americans would be big supporters of the switch because the French fleet played a huge role in the victory. The only people who might complain are the people who are against glorifying anything that's even remotely militarily related but screw those people.
Have Yorktown Day replace Columbus Day. So let it be written so let it be done.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
What happened to Israel should make you very angry. That the Biden Administration funded it should make you even angrier. Is it wrong that I want the Israelis to unleash hell on Hamas and those who supported the attacks? If so I don't want to be right.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone." - John Steinbeck
"Maturing is realizing how many things don't require your comment." - Rachael Wolchin
"God used beautiful mathematics in creating the universe." - Paul Dirac
"For being good is a fearful occupation; men strain at it and sometimes break in two. I've known a few. You work twice as hard to be a farmer as to be his hog." - Ray Bradbury
Sunday, October 08, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The Daily Coach interview with Brian Knight
- Jonathan Taylor agrees to 3-year $42 million extension with Colts. Have to wonder if this makes him easier to trade?
- US Mortgage rates vs existing home sales. Completely understand why anyone with a sub 3.5% mortgage would be hesitant to sell.
- Jonathan Turley on the Biden's corruption. May seem repetitive at times but Joe Biden's corruption needs to be emphasized.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Forget early to bed, early to rise - I fully meant to go out to watch the Notre Dame/Louisville game last night but I fell asleep with the dog instead. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link with others. Happy NFL Sunday!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Life is a journey that's measured not in miles or years but in experience, and the route your life takes is built not of roads but of songs" - Jimmy Buffett
"Thank you Secretary Bootyjuice." - Joe Biden
"If you trust the government you obviously failed history class." - Don Freeman
"There is no place for dogma in science." - Robert Oppenheimer
Saturday, October 07, 2023
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Morgan Housel on the Thin Line between Bold and Reckless. Reminds me how Elon Musk treats any laws or regulations set by man as "suggestions" only. You'd be hard pressed to argue Musk isn't wildly successful.
- Hillary Clinton raises idea of "formal re-education" of MAGA supporters. She's deplorable.
- VDH on our establishment's alternate realities.
- The FBI knew about Joe and Hunter Biden being corrupt all along.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Wonder if in the future people will get drunk and then go get vaccinated just like people used to do in the past with tattoos. As always please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Have a great Saturday!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"Exotic car companies don't run commercials on TV because their customers aren't sitting around watching TV. Let that sink in." - Richard Cooper
"It's common for the peanut gallery to think they could have done a better job than the experts. The unusual thing about Afghanistan is that in this case they're probably right." - Paul Graham
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson
"Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay." - Gary Oldman
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