I don't want to be your friend anymore
I don't want to be your friend anymore if you don't do this
Incorrigible Observer
Cheney U - "I felt better after I did it"
Sheep, Wolves and Sheep Dogs
"There are three types of people in this world: sheep, wolves and sheep dogs."
As spoken by Chris Kyle's father in the Clint Eastwood directed film "American Sniper" (2014), said to be "loosely based" on the real live story of Christopher Scott Kyle 1974-2013. The real Kyle was a highly decorated Navy SEAL sniper who served four tours in Iraq with over 150 confirmed kills. A hero in any sense of the word.
Commentary
Reality and drugs
Reality is for those who can't handle drugs
unpleasant, discouraging and depressing.
You have to recognize the realities of the world, and the realities of the world tend to be unpleasant, discouraging and depressing.
The lowest white man
If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
The Galaxy Song
Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown,
And things seem hard or tough,
And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft,
And you feel that you've had quite eno-o-o-o-o-ough,
Nothing to offer
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Panama Canal goes the wrong way
Fun fact I stumbled on: the Caribbean/Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is WEST of the Pacific entrance.
A geographic oddity
Commentary
"To be" is not the question
How red are my hands? I descend from slave owners. My biological father developed weapons of mass destruction, chemical, biological, radiological, and advocated for them as somehow superior to nuclear weapons options. As a youth, American men and boys, not much older than me, were sent to Vietnam to burn women and children and villages, with napalm. Under 43 America murdered hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, tortured many more. I can, of course, go on.
Commentary
Franklin's Four Rules for Living
Franklin’s Four Rules for Living
- It is necessary for me to be extremely frugal for some time, until I have paid what I owe.
- To endeavor to speak truth in every instance; to give nobody expectations that are not likely to be answered, but aim at sincerity in every word and action – the most amiable excellence in a rational being.