Musk’s goal here is presumably to walk away from Twitter and pay only $1 billion in damages.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-09/elon-s-out
Sentence to Ponder
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A Very Good Sentence
Mark Leibovich on Kevin McCarthy and Lindsey Graham in a funny, insightful, and important essay, “The Most Pathetic Men in America”.
“They had long been among the most supplicant super-careerists ever to play in a city known for the breed, and proved themselves to be essential lapdogs in Trump’s kennel.”
How To Improve Your Mental Well Being
Pedal.
An essay by a good friend, “How cycling has become therapy for me at age 75”.
And a short film.
How To Drive Your Daughters Crazy
That void in your life. . . me not having done a “How To” post in ages. Let’s right that wrong.
Two sure-fire ways to drive your daughters crazy. First though, why drive your own flesh and blood crazy? In short, homeostasis. No doubt they’ve been driving you crazy for years, now it’s your turn to reciprocate in the interest of harmonic balance.
The key to the first strategy is to control the television remote like Raphael Nadal controlled today’s quarterfinal tiebreaker. Then, once you’ve queued up the show, skip the intro. Done and done. If your daughters are like mine, they may never fully recover.
The second related sure fire way to push them over the edge is instead of watching a series from the beginning, just watch repeated episode highlights on YouTube. I’m currently doing this with Curb Your Enthusiasm. At my age, I can’t commit to watching 110 episodes spread out over 11 seasons, not knowing if I’ll make it to the end. Much to my daughters’ dismay, YouTube has me covered.
If I knew it was so easy to make them apoplectic, I would’ve honed these skills years ago.
‘America Is In Denial’
So says Mitt Romney. I wholeheartedly agree until his final paragraph. I don’t believe any one person is likely to reverse our downward momentum regardless of how smart, tough, and inspiring he or she is.
I’m not completely without hope though. I’m cautiously optimistic that the yard will look a little better in a few hours.
Semi-Pro Sports Realign
From the Pac-12. . . Final Draft.
While we are extremely surprised and disappointed by the news coming out of UCLA and USC today, we have a long and storied history in athletics, academics, and leadership in supporting student-athletes that we’re confident will continue to thrive and grow into the future. The Pac-12 is home to many of the world’s best universities, athletic programs and alumni, representing one of the most dynamic regions in the United States. We’ve long been known as the Conference of Champions, and we’re unwavering in our commitment to extend that title. We will continue to develop new and innovative programs that directly benefit our member institutions, and we look forward to partnering with current and potential members to pioneer the future of college athletics together.
From the PAC-12. . . Initial Draft.
While we are extremely surprised and disappointed by the news coming out of UCLA and USC today, we have a long and storied history in athletics, academics, and leadership in supporting student-athletes that we’re confident will continue to thrive and grow into the future. Let’s keep it real though. UCLA never could tackle. On the other hand, we acknowledge we may never recover from the loss of USC’s cheerleaders. We’ve long been known as the Conference of Champions, and we’re confident that when we complete negotiations with Azusa Pacific and Biola, God will bless us with many, many more. Until then, remember Easterners, you can always find us playing at 1a.m. on Fox Sports.
Maybe I’m Buddhist
I’m listening to a personal finance podcast series geared towards the retirement set. It’s about how to think about your legacy or how others will remember your brief time on this planet.
I appreciate the fact that the host emphasizes positive, non-material contributions to people and places.
But in starting to think about my potential legacy, I get stuck on this question. Isn’t any consideration of legacy the byproduct of ego? Put differently, I suspect the better we manage our ego, the less concerned we’ll be with our legacy.
Again, I turn to my sissy who occasionally reminds me, “It’s not all about you.” But what if she’s only partially right. What if NONE of it is about me?
Odds are a few people will remember me for a little while. And then I’ll be forgotten. Probably like you.
It’s at this point that Dan, Dan The Transportation Man loses it and calls me a real downer. And I tell him I prefer the term “realist”.
Deciding I don’t know or care much about my legacy, I quit the podcast series midstream.
Consistently Inconsistent
With the exception of pregnant women, personal freedom is of paramount importance. Most especially when it comes to the right to arm oneself. Also, leave overtly religious people in the public square alone. And as of today, hands off the environment. ‘Live free or die’ and all.
Trump Broke Dishes, Splattered Wall With Ketchup
Granted, not even a ‘Top 100’ offense for the Former Guy; hell, not even a ‘Top 10’ offense from today’s testimony, but who among us hasn’t thrown their lunch against a wall when upset by something at work?
Pressing Pause 