Quotes for Today

Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.

"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her pattern, so each small piece of fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry." - Richard Feynman

"The less you need the approval of others, the easier it is to do what's right over what's easy." - Shane Parrish

"I'm just going to say that I'm against mandating anything that causes massively swollen balls and associated impotence." - James Lindsay

"Gratitude comes from paying attention." - Shane Parrish

"Each mindful breath, each mindful step, reminds us that we are alive on this beautiful planet. We don't need anything else. It is wonderful enough just to be alive, to breathe in, and to take one step." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"We tend to forget that in 1985, no government of a major state appeared to be as firmly in power, its policies clearly set in their course, as that of the USSR." - Adam Ulam

"Excuse me sir, just one more thing..." - Lieutenant Columbo 

Linky Links

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

- The EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute for Virology applied for a grant applied for a grant from DARPA in 2018 for gain of function on bat viruses. The COVID-19 virus came from the Wuhan lab. This should be the biggest story in the world.

- Heh Heh

- VDH: The Afghanistization of America. 

- The Appalachian Trail in 4 minutes. Love these videos. Some day I'll make the through-hike.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

We could have 100% rock solid evidence that the virus was released from the Wuhan lab but if medical experts proved the Nicki Manaj's cousin's testicle story was real - the story of the swollen balls would get all the media attention... Greenpeace and Golden Rice. Greenpeace is an evil organization and if you donate money to them you are either ignorant of the facts or also a bad person. This is when I decided Greenpeace was just evil... With all the legalized gambling in this country you would think the word "Vigorish" would be making a big comeback but not so much...  For the past decade auto-tuned vocals have been big in pop songs. I'd like to see someone go old school and instead of auto-tune just sing the vocals into a fan (like we used to do as a kid)... Week 3 of college football is normally the point where sports bettors realize "I don't know what the hell I'm doing." This year that's really true... The Biden Administration has been especially hard on the folks at Bad Lip Reading because whatever they come up with for Joe Biden people will be unsure if it's a joke or maybe the President actually said that...