“Again: as the profound calm which only apparently precedes and prophesies of the storm, is perhaps more awful than the storm itself; for, indeed, the calm is but the wrapper and envelope of the storm; and contains it in itself, as the seemingly harmless rifle holds the fatal powder, and the ball, and the explosion; […]
Who’s overseeing who? And now the spies are writing the legislation that affects them. Let’s see – the spies are spying on the legislative body that oversees them, and writing the legislation for that legislative body. If it wasn’t clear to you before, They have the goods on Congress. Now They’re not even trying to […]
In five easy steps. I’d say this is utter paranoia, that the Cabal that runs our country is not that cohesive and controlling, that it just happened by accident, but they have done it to the healthcare system, the secondary school system, the public unions, the networks, and the great research labs. And I read […]
Tagged OWSThe issue here is not class envy but class entrenchment. The fact that they were born rich is irrelevant. They had no choice in the matter. But the fact that they appear to want to give even more to those who already have a great deal while denying much to those who have little is […]
Better cross functional coordination and more effective lateral processes Performed with minimal disruption
Tagged buzzword bingoThe telephone and visitors are the work destroyers. E. Hemingway, as told to G. Plimpton, Spring 1958, the Paris Review
I still believe, though, that it is very bad for a writer to talk about how he writes. He writes to be read by the eye and no explanations or dissertations should be necessary. You can be sure that there is much more there than will be read at any first reading and having made […]
On symbolism: It is hard enough to write books and stories without being asked to explain them as well. Also it deprives the explainers of work. If five or six or more good explainers can keep going why should I interfere with them? Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else […]
Trying to write something of permanent value is a full-time job even though only a few hours a day are spent on the actual writing. A writer can be compared to a well. There are as many kinds of wells as there are writers. The important thing is to have good water in the well, […]
You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rather you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. –E. Hemingway, as told to George Plimpton, Spring 1958, the Paris Review
The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not. –E. Hemingway, as told to George Plimpton, Spring 1958, the Paris Review
[…T]hese tokens have their value, just as three buffalo horns Hemingway keeps in his bedroom have a value dependent not on size but because during the acquiring of them things went badly in the bush, yet ultimately turned out well. “It cheers me up to look at them,” he says. Hemingway may admit superstitions of […]
for AH KAREN This is your game. I’ve never played before. FOLEY It’s not a game. It’s not something you play. KAREN Well, does this make any sense to you? FOLEY It doesn’t have to, it’s something that happens. It’s like seeing someone for the first time, like you could be […]
“The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.” –Miller, Repo Man, 1984
Aphorism of the day, 6 October 2012
Google finds no hits for this except for someone that I know for a fact heard it from me, so I’m claiming credit: “Never steal anything that eats.” I’d call it BWare’s Law, but there’s already one of those. BWare’s Rule?