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Word of the Day: Chauvinist
Chauvinist = "a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism", or "an irrational belief in the superiority or dominance of one's own group or people ( Read more... ) -
QotD: Do Unto Others
Do unto those downstream
as you would have those upstream
do unto you.
-Wendell Berry
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QotD: If you don't
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do."
-Warren Miller
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QotD: Rising
Our greatest glory
is not in never falling,
but in rising
every time we fall.
- Confucius -
QotD: Pandemic Patriotism
When stupidity is considered
patriotism,
it is unsafe
to be intelligent.
--Isaac Asimov, quoted in TheBulwark.com -
Random Thoughts About Old vs New Great Depression
Back in the Old Great Depression young people moved back to their families. They could not afford rent, so they went where the roof over their head was paid for. They took care of their elders, scrounged for food and supplies, and did whatever they could do to keep the households afloat.
A similar process is of returning home is happening now ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Times Indeed
Being a doc and a dork too, I've been studying on COVID-19 since it first appeared. Still the magnitude of the crisis is shocking. This will be a life-changing event and it may last for years. I could loose both of my parents. I would not be shocked if I also were to die, but then I have been expecting to die since early in life. What ( Read more... ) -
QotD: Churchill on the Creative Process
To begin with, (your project) is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling it to the public.
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QotD: We are the Change
"If you look throughout history, all the great changes have come from the people. We are being betrayed by those in power and they are failing us. But we will not back down...And if you feel threatened by that, I have some very bad news for you. We will not be silenced. Because we are the change. And change is coming. Whether you like it or not."
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QotD: Authority
To punish me
for my contempt for authority,
fate made me an authority
myself.
--Albert Einstein