spiral

 

"A victim mentality is the ingenious cloak of self-betrayal. The character never develops. The story never ends - an infinite loop of personal hell."
- J. Mike Fields

from disruptor to incumbent

Fraud

long-lived without alcohol

 1970s babysitter here.

urgent

"Appear as though you're late for a train."
- Peter O'Toole's acting advice

a loser?

The Man Who Built Modern Las Vegas

Part 1 Part 2

early hospitality

great art is inexplicable

Sinatra sings Mrs. Robinson

death penalty

JFK's contribution

no tongue twerking

skeptic converted

 

Why some Mensans pick low status work

Mathew 5.5: The meek shall inherit the earth.

maintained a 9-5 schedule

nostalgia

 

ageism or routine stupidity?

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."

- Dan Quayle was born on February 4, 1947. He made this comment during a speech on May 19, 1989, when he was 42 years old.

inspired by Churchill

 

prodigy

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.'
- Blaise Pascal [1623-1662]

empire treachery

 

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― T.E. Lawrence in the Seven Pillars of Wisdom where he lost the initial thousand page draft on a train.

consistently the best vegas option

 

may shortly lose status as most corrupt administration

On being elected President: "I am not fit for this office and never should have been here. Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little."

- Warren G. Harding [1865-1923]

anachronistic

 

on acting

 

"I become someone else because I'm very insecure."
- Billy Dee Williams [born 1937]

hooked

"Some read for pleasure, which is innocent; others read for instruction, which is praiseworthy; yet still others read out of habit, which is neither innocent nor praiseworthy."

- Somerset Maugham [1874-1965]

20%

 

To Insure Promptness [TIPs]

when the afternoon is too late

 

naive mania

 

no time for death

"If you can dream it, you can do it. I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else."

- Enzo Ferrari [1898-1988]

contemporary minimalists

true cost of alcoholism

 

escape to the south of France

Endeavored  to explode the senses here.

sugar and chocolate

18 for eternity

television's angry young man died early

elaborate entanglement

billionaire meditation advice

breakfast, lunch, dinner

2nd month

anxiety, imposter syndrome

Sinatra's Smells Like Teen Spirit

 

hummingbirds

 

A free semi-retirement hobby conceived during a nap has turned into serious sales.  

villain counselor

“If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid”

– Polonius in Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii

MD MBA leaves London for Sweden

 

quiet in the roaring 20s

President Calvin Coolidge [1872-1933] was often referred to as "Silent Cal" due to his reputation for being a man of few words. He was known for his reserved and stoic demeanor, both in public and private settings. Coolidge was not known for delivering lengthy speeches or engaging in verbose communication.

One of the most famous anecdotes contributing to his nickname occurred during a social event. According to the story, a woman seated next to Coolidge at a dinner party told him that she had made a bet with her friends that she could get him to say more than two words. Coolidge reportedly responded, "You lose." This incident exemplifies the perception of his reticence and contributed to the development of the "Silent Cal" moniker.

Coolidge served as the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929, completing the term left vacant by the death of President Warren G. Harding and then being elected for a full term in 1924. His reserved style of communication and his emphasis on limited government and fiscal conservatism defined his presidency.

- HatTip Chat GPT

failure

“There's nothing left to do but get drunk.”

- Franklin Pierce [1804-1869] on leaving the White House

transcendentalism and realism

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; (I am large. I contain multitudes)."

- Walt Whitman [1819-1892]

surface incongruity

"I like to read music and listen to books on tape."
- Steven Wright [born 1955]

communication style

"I only do email."
- Mark Cuban [born 1958]

meditation styles

 

stamp the sport

 A new kind of athlete:

global tech layoffs are accelerating

Attributable partly to AI which works 24/7/365 and demands no compensation:

https://layoffs.fyi

fanciful but works

"For world peace, teach one million children to meditate and they will teach parents, siblings, everyone else."  

- Director David Lynch who overseas the "Transcendental Meditation" brand

appealing cold war era propaganda

 

sewing seeds of doubt

 

future or flop?

 To start, no Apps.

elixer

"America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration." 

- Warren G. Harding [1865-1923]

free grant money season

 

black comedy

 

eradicate the abused