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Comparisons not being made
While 2018 seems to be the year that Godwin’s law became synonymous with “normal political discourse” – the more apt comparison seems to be to East Germany, or Brezhnev’s Russia, i.e. expensive, low-functioning, wanting desperately to have a purpose but not finding one worth working for and substituting that with hollow displays of virtue. That and identification papers being a big deal.
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Canadian profanity is the best
I discovered an interesting tool breakdown/tool machining channel, called “Arduino vs Everything (or Evil, I’m not sure)” and it is a wonderful education on tools, and good filler noise for when I’m doing bookkeeping and what not (if nothing else). The creator is a skilled Canadian vulgarian (i.e. someone who uses profanity with grace and style). I discovered that profanity, when combined with an accent and regional phrasings (with which I’m not familiar) transforms into either all profanity, or all regional phrases, depending on tone.
The channel is worth trying.
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Quotes to ponder
I came across the phrase “Tyranny of the articulate” somewhere recently – something to consider as one ranks the online component of modern life.
And as I must quote Kevin Williamson at every opportunity –
As the Scots say: “The father buys, the son builds, the grandchild sells, and his son begs.” A nation that is not building is on its way to begging.
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French’s Line – Historical Marker
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Saving Money on Health Care
Blogging about this so I don’t forget it – I’ve used GoodRX to save $50 or so already. Healthcare Bluebook seems interesting as well.
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The best of friends
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Quote of the day – William F Buckley edition
From this Kevin Williamson column
I won’t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said
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The timeline of abolitionism is much more interesting than one would think
I stumbled across this wikipedia timeline on the abolition of serfdom and slavery.
Tidbits
- The British really did go out of their way to rid the world of slavery
- The rest of the world did not get rid of slavery that much earlier than the US
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Marleigh on Trump
While listening to the radio on the way to school:
Marleigh: Daddy – how much longer is Trump going to be president?
Me: About two and a half year at least
Marleigh: Two and a half years!? We’ll all be dead by then, the trees will die first, and they make our air, then we’ll die, then the werewolves will die, and then the regular wolves will come and eat everything else.
Me: Everything will be fine – have a good time in school.
I guess today’s bedtime conversation will be about
- resilient systems,
- Adam Smith’s line about “There’s a lot of ruin in a nation”
- Checks and balances
- Keeping people occupied with projects (and out of the way)
The existence of werewolves will be a separate day though, don’t want to mix the topics.
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I’ve started a now page
It will be updated periodically – check it out here