Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Peter Attia with some past tips on nutrition and exercise.
- From the archives: The self-education of Louis L'Amour. Have a lot of respect for Louis L'Amour and highly recommend his autobiography.
- The making of a market maker. From September but new to me. Worth a read.
- Chief of the Joint Chiefs Dan "Raisin" Caine on how the military captured Maduro.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- From the archives: Shane Parrish and the self-education of Louis L'Amour. Read and enjoyed his memoir. Came away with a great respect for the man and vow to read more books in 2025 - including some more of L'Amour's.
- Jonathan Turley on getting the US out of the censorship business.
- VDH: The National Nightmare is Ending. Amen!
- Matt Taibbi: How to fight back against the censors, Well worth your time.
"This is a story of an adventure in education, pursued not under the best of conditions. The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume that there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a good post office, or even a newsstand."
"Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. In the one year that I kept that kind of record, I read twenty-five books while waiting for people. In offices, applying for jobs, waiting to see a dentist, waiting in a restaurant for friends, many such places. I read on buses, trains, and planes. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that will be with you your life long?" - Louis L'Amour 1939
Started Louis L'Amour's memoir Education of a Wandering Man the other day and was pleasantly surprised to find the introduction to the 1939 book by Daniel J. Boorstin who himself was both an author and the Librarian of Congress. To say Boorstin knew a thing or two about books and authors would be an understatement. He wrote, "We are often told that we are what we eat. In our world since the printing press it may be more accurate to say we are what we read."
L'Amour read everything and though he was a "lone reader but somehow never felt lonely in the company of a book."
Louis L'Amour showed many of the traits of both a wise and happy man to Boorstin:
