“Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or build slowly upon a steel frame of understanding.” ― Naval Ravikant This morning, out in Knoxville, the nation’s First Lady Jill Biden kicked… Read More ›
“When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.” ― Queen Elizabeth II This week, two notable events transpired that are worthy of… Read More ›
“Are people so unhappy when they love?” “Yes, Christine, when they love and are not sure of being loved.” ― Gaston Leroux, Over the last several weeks I’ve been reading accounts of a wave of “quiet quitting” sweeping the… Read More ›
So long as one’s just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.” ― Ivan Turgenev Earlier… Read More ›
“Being smart and rich are lucky, but being curious and compassionate will save your ass. Being curious and compassionate can take you out of your ego and edge your soul towards wonder.” ― Mary Karr, Now Go Out There: … Read More ›
“You’ve been dreaming lies again, Susana.” ― Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo Go ahead and pull up a chair. We are going to be here a minute or two. Every week seems to come with its own little touch of… Read More ›
“Access to useful information also was determined by literacy and the availability of reading material. It is now widely agreed at least for Britain that increases in literacy were relatively modest during the Industrial Revolution. Yet literacy is not particularly… Read More ›
“Do you tell other people when you realize they were right?” ― Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often Some of you may be familiar with Tammany hall and… Read More ›
“They are pretty good at improvising, but God help us if they are given time to think. Dean Atchison” ― Robert Dallek, Camelot’s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House A couple years ago I was coaching 10U baseball. It… Read More ›
“Nothing is more irreligious than to persecute the seekers of truth in order to keep up absurdities and superstitions of bygone ages. Nothing is more inhuman than the commission of ‘devout cruelty’ under the mask of love of God and… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 