Some of you may know that I was at one time (many years ago) a martial arts instructor. During that time I’ve seen plenty of kick-and-punch prodigies prancing around the mats, unable/unwilling to really translate the mechanics of how they do what they do, severely limiting anyone’s ability to actually learn/benefit from their skills and [...]
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.”
—Clarence Darrow (1857–1938)
I’ll add a little admonishment that the pleasure one takes in the obituaries of others should be kept a private matter – in the hopes that others will afford the same courtesy at your own passing.
I just realized – I’m not *just* 40 years old – I’m 20/20 – with just enough life experience to have some usable hindsight bias, and still young enough to do something useful with it.
I’ve recently re-hired Time Warner Cable as my Internet and TV provider. I’m not exactly thrilled about it, since just six months ago I fired them out of frustration. I was really irritated that they didn’t have certain HD channels (History Channel principal among them). On top of that, I was seeing a few too [...]
Stress versus Trust
Given the choice, I’ll take a stressful situation with people I trust, over a cushy setup with those I do not – every time.