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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Dr. Suess

 

Dr. Suess

 

Quotes for Today

 Here are some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.

"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." - Ernest Hemingway

"You will not be punished for your anger. You will be punished by your anger." - the Buddha

"The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself." - Peter Thiel

"The secret to being likable is to not care if people like you." - Ed Latimore

"You have to be odd to be number one." - Dr. Suess

"If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind." - the Buddha

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis is Here. My respect for Matt Taibbi increases with each article I read. Excellent stuff!

- Too funny!

- Steven Pressfield - Getting Ready for Tomorrow

- Heh Heh (HT Stephen Landry)

- And in the same vein

- "Who's laughing now, assholes?" A letter from Henry David Thoreau

- I've written for years that Alice Cooper should be the Poet Laureate of the US. Not even kidding. Make it happen President Trump.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Love learning new words. Some of these I knew but others I will try to add to my vocabulary... Saw The Hobbit on opening night. Three things you should know: 1. the book is being broken into two movies which is OK because Tolkein packed a lot of action into that book, 2. the movie is close to 3 hours long (go to the bathroom before the movie!) and 3. some changes were made from the book - how you view these changes will affect how you feel about the movie... O Chemistree, O Chemistree... If you replace the word "ham" with the word "condoms" then Green Eggs and Ham becomes a very strange gay cruising book... Here's a geeky question that bothers me - if you poked out one of Wolverine's eyes would it grow back?... Here's a geeky joke to go with that geeky question: Two chemists walk into a bar - the first orders H2O, the second orders H2O too. The second chemists dies... As a reminder Rex Ryan needs to win the last game of the season to equal Herm Edwards 4-year record with the Jets. If anyone out there still thinks Ryan should keep his job - let that stat sink in...

Collapse of Nasca Civilization Human Induced or Oncler Induced?

Very interesting post over at Sexy Archaeology.

As the paper explains, however, the huarango was more than just a tree – it was a crucial part of the desert’s fragile ecosystem, which enhanced soil fertility and moisture and helped to hold the Nasca’s narrow, vulnerable irrigation channels in place.

Eventually, they cut down so many trees that they reached a tipping point at which the arid ecosystem was irreversibly damaged. The authors do not dispute that a major, El Niño-style event then occurred – finding hard evidence for this for the first time. But they also find that the impact of this flood would have been far less devastating had the forests which protected the delicate desert ecology still been there.

If only the Nasca had a Lorax around to speak for the trees.

Top 5 - Dr. Seuss Books

Today would have been Ted Geisel's (aka Dr. Suess) 103rd birthday. In his honor - here are what I consider the top 5 Dr. Suess books.

1. Green Eggs and Ham
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
3. The Cat in the Hat
4. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
5. Hop on Pop

I'm also a big fan of In a People House which he wrote under the name Theo. LeSieg (illustrated by Roy McKie). Horton Hears a Who just missed the list.