Catching up with some older issues..........

............of The Economist, I learned that Dick Gregory passed from the scene last month. Gregory was a pioneer in the stand-up comedy world, and a very funny man. Mostly, however, I remember his passion for protest and political activism, and his hunger strikes.   More here.

 

Some fancy real estate alright..............

if health insurance cartoons are your thing, visit here today.

for a brief discussion of alright versus all right, go here

Hornsby...........................

My Sweetie and I ventured down to the wondrous Midland Theatre to share the evening with Bruce Hornsby and his piano.  A fun night with a full house.   Hornsby's talent is immense.  If you get the chance, go.

.

Don't be afraid........................

Denzel Washington..........................Aspire To Make A Difference

Not............................................

....................................................................................yet.

On destroying the global economy.....................

.....................................He makes it sound both easy and scary.  The veneer of civilization has never been thinner.


via

Implementation intentions.......

     While positive self-talk and optimism can definitely help us not quit, by themselves they don't guarantee we'll achieve our goals.  Now, dreaming isn't inherently bad - but it's just the first step.  Next comes facing that awful buzzkill called "reality" and its ever-present obstacles.
      After you dream, think, What's getting in the way of my fantasy?   And what will I do to overcome that?  The fancy psych term is "implementation intentions."  You and I call it "a plan."

-Eric Barker,  Barking Up The Wrong Tree:  The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

A plan....................

Fifty years ago................

At the book store.............The Case of The Queenly Contestant

Leadership.......................

.........................................................................personified. 

Hard to disagree with this.............

Here is something you won't read everywhere......

Here is a simple fact about the world today:

      • climate change is doing more good than harm.

Here is another fact:

      • climate change policy is doing more harm than good.

-Matt Ridley, as culled from here

If anyone can handle it....................................

.......................................................................he can.

Not to worry.............................

A paradox: Become too efficient and you become less effective


-Nicholas Bate

The glory of living.....................................

.............................................without air conditioning.  A wee excerpt:


There are positive aspects of going without. Fewer house guests. More dinner invitations. That humble-bragging business. Showers. I can’t tell you how rewarding showers feel. And ice cream tastes way better.


Air conditioning made Americans greedy and silly. Once the country got hooked on central air, strange things materialized: windows that don’t open, the office sweater in August, summer colds, Las Vegas, football in Phoenix.

Please....................................

via

This should be doable...................

“Don’t be a perfectionist, because perfectionists often spend too much time on little differences at the margins at the expense of other big, important things.  Be an effective imperfectionist.”

-Ray Dalio,  from this post

For the love of history..................

“History does in a vague way repeat itself, but it does it slowly and ponderously, and with an infinite number of surprising variations."

-Fred Schwed

Ah.................................

 


via

Trying...........................

"Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.  Day by day, and at the end of the day - if you live long enough - like most people, you will get out of life what you deserve."

-Charlie Munger