Suppose that we were all starting completely from scratch, and that millions of us had been dropped down upon the Earth, fully grown and developed, from some other planet. Debate begins as to how protection (police and judicial services) will be provided. Someone says: “Let’s give all of our weapons to Joe Jones over there, […]
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I returned to California today, just in time to blog this:
Qik is pleased to announce that we have closed another round of funding, comprised of investments from Quest Venture Partners, CampVentures, and strategic individuals. A total of $5.5 million has been raised to continue Qik’s growth. We are also excited to welcome Marcus Ogawa to […]
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Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
-Mary McCarthy
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1) Context and comfort are everything (I watched NYC’s fireworks from my bedroom).
2) Cincinnati’s Labor Day spectacular is a lot better than what New York does for Independence Day.
Okay, everything can go back to being open for business again.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, […]
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[Being Midwestern] never meant anything to me until I traveled to the coasts and realized there are people there who don’t have any idea that anybody lives in between.
-Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy
(BTW, anyone who says “flyover country” in my presence without irony automatically wins a big douchebag-for-life award from me. I have plenty of them […]
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It sounds so obvious, but I’ve lost count of the number of writers I’ve heard complain that it’s hard for them to do X or Y, and wonder aloud how to do X or Y without effort. Where they got the idea that writing isn’t hard work, or that it’s supposed to come easily, I […]
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I knew he was bad - dreadfully bad - at, well, everything. But public speaking is known to be one of the areas in which he regularly fails to shine. However, I had no idea he had gotten this dreadful. A politician who can’t lie properly - get yer coat, Gordo.
It’s almost enough to make […]
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It’s been awfully humid in New York the last few days, with occasional torrential downpours to cool things off. I can forgive a lot of a weather system that gives us skies like this (photo is completely unedited - click thumbnail for larger versions):
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