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The Advice For All Seasons

The Advice For All Seasons

An Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be always true; in all times, and in all…
Uncategorized » In Brief: Topical Short Takes » Futurism & Prognostication
The Beaked Shall Inherit The Earth

Man’s Fate: The Beaked Shall Inherit The Earth

I believe after humans wipe themselves out a generation or two from now, the eventual next dominant species on earth will be descended from corvids. Most people think it'll be…
Uncategorized » In Brief: Topical Short Takes » Language, Grammar, & Vocabulary
A Kudos For Your Many Agenda

Linguistic Reminder: A Kudos For Your Many Agenda

Remember: 'Kudos' is singular. 'Agenda' and 'data' are plural. 'Nachos' is also singular. There is no such thing as one 'nacho'.
Uncategorized » In Brief: Topical Short Takes » The Human Experience
The Common Sense Conundrum

The Common Sense Conundrum

It seems to me that a frequent problem with most people's talk about "common sense" is not that it isn't really so common. It's that it isn't really sense.
Uncategorized » In Brief: Topical Short Takes » The Human Experience
Truth is Unknowable, Truth is Apparent

Truth is Unknowable, Truth is Apparent

Truth is unknowable, because we can only know with our minds. I mean, no, of course truth is knowable. I'm sure, to an ant, truth is apparent: follow formic acid…
Uncategorized » In Brief: Topical Short Takes » Better Mousetraps
The Behavioral Marketing Dance Club

Business Idea: The Behavioral Marketing Dance Club

This originally was posted in my blog Sloth And Dignity. I just had a great entrepreneurial idea. With things opening up again, this might just be the jackpot. Open a…
Uncategorized » In Brief: Topical Short Takes » Faith vs. Reason
Music And A Higher Power

Conversation: Music And A Higher Power

via text message, 2/28/21. Me: "Sometimes listening to Bill Evans I get a flash that those 12-step people are right, like there’s something out there much, much bigger than me."…