I am ...

"No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy."
- Roman General Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (c. 138 BC – 78 BC)

get hammered

“Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.”

- Ernest Hemingway

on stamina

"You don't get tired when you do what you love doing."
- Trevor Noah on fitting in Stand Up with a full time tv job.

wilderness

"The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places."
- Fridtjof Nansen

adversity virtues

"If you don't go through all of that shit, you don't have nothing to talk about when you make it."
- Kevin Hart

In memory of Adam West

A prior posting here.

0.01%

"One million people control Seven billion."
- Vivienne Westwood on the world

know your market

"95% of the fish are in 5% of the water."

"Captain of Cool"

"I read history. I write history. I intend to make history."
- Attributed to JFK

which is probably what she wanted

"You don't marry the sexiest woman alive to take her home to make meatballs."
-  Joe DiMaggio on Marilyn Monroe 

shining brow

"The most important building of the last 150 years."

vocational advice

"Don't be a comedian unless you have to be."
- Dana Carvey

on privilege

"You were born on third base and think you hit a triple"

an Ottawa treatment program

Patients can receive up to three bottles of wine or the equivalent amount of beer daily.

on being Royal

"You live with the rough, you live with the smooth."
- HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Hero

"... somebody who survives the whole experience, but is not ruined by it."
- Paul Fussell, WWII U.S.A. Infantry

on comedy

"Everyone wants it. Everyone needs it."
- Kevin Hart, who earned almost $90 million last year

larceny

Stealing goes hand in hand with falsehood, because thieves must lie and deceive in order not to get caught. It stems from laziness and additional factors, including:

• There’s no chance of getting caught; 
• It’s something really needed and can be used.

Full article here.

failuretunity

"Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again."
- Richard Branson

autodidactic

"Cooking is the purest form of love as you give to others."
- Alice Waters

ferret face

"I wouldn't mind being a doctor if I didn't have to be around sick people."
- Major Frank Burns, MD

paradigm

"In Asia, mental illnesses are less likely to be treated as medical conditions, according to Mariko Kahn, the executive director of Pacific Asian Counseling Services. Many Asian languages have no words to describe mental illness, except words with negative connotations."

Full Los Angeles Times article here.

the emperor has no clothes

Question:

Why not create original art?

Andy Warhol:

Because it's easier to do.

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Andy Warhol's portrait of Elvis sold for $81.9 million

how to be cool

Order your copy on Amazon.com.

on hiring

"Do they add stress? Or reduce stress?"
- Mark Cuban

blood of christ

fuzzy recollection

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

- George Santayana 

self-loathing

Jenn's Lamb Chops recipe

• Put lamb in a large ziplock bag or baking dish, cover lamb with olive oil , crush 3 large garlic cloves, salt and pepper, 2-3 stalks rosemary. 
• You can add any other aromatic (e.g. onion) if you like. Marinate for at least an hour, or longer. 
• Grill; lamb should be pink when cooked, just a couple of minutes a side. 
• Squeeze some lemon during cooking or serve with a slice. 
• Of course there is also the shortcut of: butter/oil in pan, rosemary , season meat, turn after 2-3 min per side or preferred doneness.

on adversity

"Scar tissue is the foundation of character."
- Senator Ben Sasse on not coddling your kids