Norm Macdonald was one of a kind. There'll never be another. He is missed.
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Monday, May 09, 2022
VE Day
Yesterday was VE Day. You wouldn't know it though if you relied on corporate media for your news. I can see how being on the same day as Mother's Day this year would take away from the remembrance but with people seemingly calling the opposing sides "Nazis" and "fascists" at the drop of a hat - teaching why VE Day is so important is needed more now than ever.
The lack of any coverage this year for VE Day sadly brings to mind these verses from the great song And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda:
And so now every April, I sit on me porch,
And I watch the parade pass before me.
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reviving old dreams of past glories
And the old men march slowly, old bones stiff and sore
They're tired old heroes from a forgotten war
And the young people ask "What are they marching for?"
And I ask meself the same question.
103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
Kevin Kelly with 103 bits of advice he wished to share on his 70th birthday. Always worth a read.
Here was one of my favorites: "The biggest lie we tell ourselves is 'I don't need to write this down because I will remember it.'" Oh how very true!
Lies, Damn Lies, and ESG Ratings
Tesla urges large funds to stop misleading investors and change their ESG valuations of companies.
They have a point. ESG ratings can be gamed and become worthless value signaling and nothing more.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"You can't improve if you don't know what you're doing wrong." - Shane Parrish
"Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life." - Robin Sharma
"What if this life is the paradise we were promised, and we're just squandering it?" - Naval Ravikant
"Here I stand, I can do no other." - Martin Luther
Sunday, May 08, 2022
Douglas Adams
"Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that is invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." - Douglas Adams
Mother's Day Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain. Please click the link, subscribe (if you haven't already, hit the Like button and share with others.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough." - Meister Eckhart
"Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile." - Mark Twain
"Write your goals on a sheet of paper. Circle the three most important. Avoid doing any work on anything that's not circled." - Shane Parrish
"First and above all else, you must secure life, liberty, and the right to pursue your own happiness. That's politics done right, hard earned, often by war." - Charles Krauthammer
Saturday, May 07, 2022
Happy Kentucky Derby Day
Beers will be drunk, money will be bet, and fun will be had! Also go Celtics!
Abortion and Responsibility
Glenn Greenwald on the Supreme Court Roe v Wade controversy. "The Court, like the US Constitution, was designed to be a limit on the excesses of democracy. Roe denied, not upheld, the rights of citizens to decide democratically." Amen!
The key bit to me:
Alito's decision, if it becomes the Court's ruling, would not itself ban abortions. It would instead lift the judicial prohibition on the ability of states to enact laws restricting or banning abortions. In other words, it would take this highly controversial question of abortion and remove it from the Court's purview and restore it to federal and state legislatures to decide it.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"You have to be odd to be number one." - Dr. Seuss
"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature." - Joseph Campbell
"You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution for their problems, and everyone refuses to believe in magic." - Lewis Carroll
"If you want to be wealthy, spend your time earning, learning, or relaxing. Outsource or ignore everything else." - Naval Ravikant
Friday, May 06, 2022
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Hulk smash! Chris write! Please click the link, subscribe, hit the Like button and share with others - is that too much to ask?
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"If you don't know what your top three priorities are, you don't have priorities." - Donald Rumsfeld
"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time." - Paulo Coelho
"You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time." - M. Scott Peck
"The things I'm surrounded by are going to change and disappear, so let me enjoy their beauty as they are right now." - Bernie Glassman
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