Gone, but not forgotten...................

Paul Lynde................making Hollywood Squares worth watching



#26 on this list

Purpose..........................

“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”

-George Bernard Shaw, as quoted here

Quiz time..............................

Years back, Marilyn vos Savant had a quiz column in which a question was: “Two bugs in a jar reproduce, doubling their number every minute. The jar is full in an hour. How long does it take to half fill the jar?”

-extracted from here 

And I don't think he is talking about bourbon....

"If you go to college today, you had best take on the hard stuff or nobody cares."

-The News Junkie, as culled from here

17 Ideas..............................

.............for the modern world, from Seth Godin.  Idea #1:

You are more powerful than you think.

Welcome to the age of leverage. A moment in time when each of us has more tools, more reach and more impact than a head of state did a hundred years ago.

Each of us has the skills and insight and power to see what’s happening around us, to create new ideas, and most of all, to change the way others respond and act.

Jagged indeed........................

"Comfort and stability is not always the best goal. With comfort it can be hard to change. Without change it can be hard to maintain future stability. And comfort."

-Nicholas Bate, as lifted from here

While technology may create the need........

...........................for immediacy, we actually live in a "not-yet" world.  Jeff Gill offers some thoughts:

"The world around us may expect speed, but we look for truth, a concept that can be blessedly slow."

Intelligence......................

........................................................is no match for ignorance.

Goals................................

.........................................................It is good to have goals.

Need an energy boost..............?

Arrant..................................

"There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action."

-Bertrand Russell, from his essay, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish

Coming home..............................

Allman Brothers...............................................Into The Mystic



We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home
And when the fog horn blows I want to hear it
I don't have to fear it

And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will flow into the mystic

When that fog horn blows you know I will be coming home
And when that fog horn whistle blows I got to hear it
I don't have to fear it

And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will flow into the mystic
Come on girl...

Too late to stop now...

-Van Morrison, c. 1970

Gotta love the '60s..................

The Byrds.............................................I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better

When you've lost David Brooks...........

I was the op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal at the peak of the Whitewater scandal. We ran a series of investigative pieces “raising serious questions” (as we say in the scandal business) about the nefarious things the Clintons were thought to have done back in Arkansas.


Now I confess I couldn’t follow all the actual allegations made in those essays. They were six jungles deep in the weeds. But I do remember the intense atmosphere that the scandal created. A series of bombshell revelations came out in the media, which seemed monumental at the time. A special prosecutor was appointed and indictments were expected. Speculation became the national sport.


In retrospect Whitewater seems overblown. And yet it has to be confessed that, at least so far, the Whitewater scandal was far more substantive than the Russia-collusion scandal now gripping Washington.


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Ah, the memories.   It's almost like we should read history books to keep up with current matters.

The world is just..............................

...............a much better place when Jeff is posting regularly.

On rule following........................

....................................................I especially like #62 and #63.


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Invest a half hour....................

................................................understanding with Tucker Carlson.

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

Tim Buckley...............................No Man Can Find The War

Trump.............................

Can we "all agree on is that he is America’s first modern asymmetric warrior president"?    It would be nice if we could agree on at least one thing.


-idea further fleshed out here


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Counter-intuitive..............................

.................................but human nature is a fairly mysterious thing:


"As the level of information and access to knowledge continues to improve it’s only making it harder for most people to make better decisions."


-Ben Carlson, as he concludes this post about the Dorito Effect