Got that? They’ll be a quiz. Originally from Little Pet’s Picture Alphabet, 1850’s. (via Nonist Annex)
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Look, a lot of people out there write editorials and try to persuade you to change an opinion based on “evidence”. All I’m saying is this – I don’t need that phony shit. When I say something, you can believe it. Turn off that thing in your brain that questions things, and just listen to …
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the …
How the Free Market works, from Tom the Dancing Bug Gocomics.com: Comics, editorial cartoons, email comics, comic strips
Here’s some advice for successfully reading a book: You need to stay focused, so try to avoid distractions. Avoid multitasking. Avoid task switching. Turn off the TV. Shift positions occasionally so you don’t get cramps or backaches. Don’t get too comfortable or you might fall asleep. (Interestingly, many of these same rules apply to having …
Declining books sales have led some publishers into thinking that the way to revive books is to make them more like an online experience. That is truly a mistake! It’s like trying to get people to exercise by making it more like napping. Petzold Book Blog – Hard Work, No Pay: What’s the Point?
America’s battle is yet to fight; and we, sorrowful though nothing doubting, will wish her strength for it. New Spiritual Pythons, plenty of them; enormous Megatherions, as ugly as were ever born of mud, loom huge and hideous out of the twilight Future on America; and she will have her own agony, and her own …
The longer I do this, the more I suspect that a good part of the “information overload” story is a myth cooked up by folks who don’t know how to use the internet well in order to demonize something they don’t understand. Opinion: What Productivity Studies Really Show
Romantic Love #1
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Don’t pack for the worst scenario. Pack for the best scenario and simply buy yourself out of any jams. Rick Steves’ Europe: Packing Light and Right
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