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.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I always spent money on books. I never viewed that as an expense. That's an investment to me." - Naval Ravikant

"Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are right now, and we will never be here again." - Homer, The Iliad

"As I know more about mankind, I expect less of them." - Samuel Johnson

"Say 'yes' to life - and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you." - Eckhart Tolle

Linky Links

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

- Elon Musk passes Jeff Bezos as world's richest person

- In defense of Homer

- Jeopardy! tribute to Alex Trebek. Miss you Alex!

- First Principles: Elon Musk and the Power of Thinking for Yourself

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Saddened to hear of the passing of basketball great Paul Westphal a man who you never heard a bad thing about. And someone who many described as a better person than basketball player - and Westphal is in the Hall of Fame as a player... I laughed way too much at this lady... Someone at NOAA with a sense of humor should name the next major hurricane "Siri" just to mess with people with Apple products... My take-away from the college football semi-finals is that Northwestern must have a much better defense than Clemson... Lawrence Mass teacher "proud" to have taken Homer's Odyssey out of the curriculum. First I'm willing to bet that Lawrence has some of the lowest test scores in the state (and with this jackass teaching it's no wonder). Second let's go all the way with this and say since most past accomplishments were by dead white males then everything must be created from scratch to insure that they are free of any past racism. I suggest that we start with the wheel. Let's get rid of anything that has a wheel. The lever - that's next. Better yet let's just make every student in Lawrence get home schooled or attend a charter school instead...