Vicarious
“Pitman shorthand,” said Robin.
“Can you read it?”
“No. I know a bit of Teeline; I never learned Pitman, though.”
“You’re saying she might be useful for once?”
18-SEP
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17-SEP
Memories
Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do.
Srategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.
–SAVIELLY TARTAKOWER
16-SEP
Economics
Anomie Theory describes the effects of early industrialism and the resulting social division of labor with rising suicide rate. Accordingly, in times of social upheaval, “collective consciousness” is weakened and previous norms, moral convictions, and controls dwindle.
Durkheim
15-SEP
Fresh Produce
Nothing unusual this morning – unlike last month when the shirtless urban wanderer, John Kiltman, appeared here.
14-SEP
Rooftop
Part way into the third DVD you can sense how intensely the Beatles have their feet to the fire. But, Paul pulls it together, so diplomatically:
The movie’s director, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, says, “Tomorrow, with the nine cameras, if we do tomorrow, there is a kind of, ‘Something will happen’.”
Paul replies, “No, it’s the best bit of us, always has been and always will be. It’s when we’ve got … when we’re backs-against-the-wall and we’ve been rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing.”
Paul then glances over at John, “And he knows it’s a take on the dub. And he does it great.”
The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
You got to go and dig those holes (Man, I’m tired)
With broken hands and withered soles
Emancipated from all you know
You got to go and dig those holes
(Man, you slow dog)Holes by D-Tent Boys (2003)
13-SEP
Judgment
health • impact • joy • love
vocation • wealth • wisdom
WORDS are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
–LORD BYRON
12-SEP
MMXXII
Do a search on Google and you’ll find that MMXXII.com‘s place on page 6 no longer exists. You’ll find it on the first page of Brave, and Baidu, though.
Life is “nasty, brutish, and short,” says Thomas Hobbes.
Dacher Keltner believes evolution has given Homo sapiens emotions like gratitude, joy, amusement, and compassion. They help us survive and build cooperative and ethical societies.
Science of Awe by Mark Leviton
11-SEP
Listening
GOOD
BAD
