Another issue of my random ramblings.
NFL kickers are too good. Rotate the goal posts 45°
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” - Warren Buffett
To some we matter greatly, to most not at all. Treasure those who do.
If every state offers blackout license plates, how will I identify the getaway car?
Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears. - Robert Sarnoff
For better and worse, people who grow up in small towns get to know each other so much better than they do in cities.
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, nor will we proceed with force against him, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice. - Magna Carta 1215
.. no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law - 5th Amendment to the Constitution
AI depends on massive data centers that consume enormous amounts of electricity and water. Apple invested $1 billion in a North Carolina data center which resulted in fewer than 100 permanent jobs. Huge infrastructure investments, environmental impacts and little economic benefit to date. And your electric bill is trending upward.
When you tip over a glass of milk at the dinner table your reach to grab it will knock over a half-dozen other things
I had many problems and disasters in my life; fortunately at my age, I don't remember what they were. - Bel Kaufman
The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough. - Louise Erdrich
Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all. - John Maynard Keynes
The rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. - Adam Smith
I sometimes think: Wonderful children instead of hard liquor. - Louise Erdrich
The East Wing of the White House is the perfect metaphor for the state of the country.
History is not what happened, but what survives the shipwrecks of judgment and chance - Maria Popova
For all those screaming “Socialism” at everything that helps people, why the silence over government control of US Steel / Nippon Steel? How is a 10% government interest in Intel not government confiscation?
Strategists and military planners always warn, the “enemy gets a vote.”
I’m aging like that $3 wine from Trader Joe’s
I read 'The Delights of Growing Old' by Maurice Goudeket Really?
The problem with wisdom is that it tends to come slowly, if it at all.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. - A. Huxley
Why do ‘valuable’ and ‘invaluable’, 'flammable & inflammable' have same meanings but accurate/inaccurate, active/inactive etc .. have meanings you expect. An invaluable insight.
In my experience consultants are like seagulls. They flap in, makes a lot of noise, sh*t over everything and leave.
Your memory is an unreliable narrator.
When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just .. say something! Do something! Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble. - John Lewis
80% of the population consider themselves above average drivers.
If you drive or walk by a high school parking lot when classes let out, you are risking your life.
Lincoln’s personal secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy’s personal secretary was named Lincoln. They were both succeeded by a Johnson.
From 1840 to 1960 on 20 year intervals, the president elect died in office. In 1980 Reagan survived a gunshot wound.
Long words are kind of fun. Sesquipedalian is a good one.
A politician is a person who must sacrifice their character in the service of power. - Unknown
Life is so dear, I can’t imagine what we’ll do when it’s over. - Garrison Keillor
When you pray, move your feet. - John Lewis
Shutting down a nearly operational wind farm. Turning off climate monitoring satellites. These are crimes against humanity.
Who's idea is it to drop Russia monitoring efforts?
How is receiving $15 donations a path to heaven? I don’t think that’s a viable strategy.
.. the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. - H.L. Mencken on Puritanism
Inconvenient facts on extremist killings. Anti-Defamation League report from 2015-2024 76% were right wing, 18% were Islamic, 4% were left wing. Cato Institute report politically motivated killings are 6 times greater by right wing vs left wing actors.
The Minnesota Strib's 2 PM content cutoff so the paper can be printed in Iowa means you get day-old news. The crossword is now perhaps the only reason to get the paper delivered.
Bravery is not absence of fear, it is conquering it.
Vaccines have saved millions of lives. Let us not return to the bad-old-days of polio, smallpox, measles & thousands of infant graves
I love the sea as long as I am sitting at the beach looking at it.
Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary.
After dinner, sit a while. After supper, walk a mile.
Qatar purchased military commitments and a base in Idaho from USA for a used 747 and a golf course. Prove me wrong.
Irony. The German government is lecturing the US on the dangers of right-wing extremism.
Disconnect. The stock market flourishes. The real economy tanks.
Injuries in sports are unavoidable. But in the WNBA, the targeted, tolerated aggressive play resulted in long absences of the biggest stars due to injury, the most recognizable faces of the league. Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Breanna Stewart, Sophie Cunningham, Napheesa Collier, Cameron Brink, Aaari McDonald, DiJonai Carrington, Courtney Vandersloot, Katie Lou Samuelson .. to name but a few. It is destroying the hard-earned popularity of the sport. Protecting players from being mugged on the court seems like little to ask.
The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades
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Lots of food for thought!!!!
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