-- John Brunner (1934 - 1995), science fiction author, The Shockwave Rider (1975), Book 3, Ch. "Like They Say, It's Bounce Or Break"
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
As A Thing
Monday, September 25, 2023
OSIRIS-REx
-- Dante Lauretta, planetary scientist at the University of Arizona and leader of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, after the successful recovery of samples taken from asteroid Bennu in a mission that launched in 2016, 24 September 2023
Friday, September 22, 2023
Gun Violence Prevention
Today, guns -- I never thought I'd even remotely say this in my whole career -- guns are the number one killer of children in America. Guns are the number one killer of children in America -- the United States of America. More than car accidents, more than cancer, more than other diseases.
In 2023 so far, our country has experienced more than 500 mass shootings and well over 30,000 deaths due to gun violence. That's just totally unacceptable. It's not who we are. And we have to act, and we have to act now. ...
We all want our kids to have the freedom to learn how to read and write in school instead of duck and cover, for God's sake. And it matters. ...
May God bless you all. May God protect our troops. And may God protect our children. Thank you so very much.
-- President Joe Biden, Remarks on Gun Safety, 22 September 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Out Of The Mist
-- Alfred Noyes (16 September 1880 – 28 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright, Songs of Shadow-of-a-leaf and other poems (1924), "Seagulls on the Serpentine"
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Our Job
-- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, in his opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee, 20 September 2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
A Crazy Three Weeks
-- Sepp Kuss, support rider for cycling team Jumbo-Visma, on his overall victory at the Tour of Spain (La Vuelta a Espana), as he shared the podium with his teammates Primoz Roglic, winner of this year's Tour of Italy (Giro d'Italia), and Jonas Vingegaard, winner of this year's Tour de France, speaking at the finish in Madrid, 17 September 2023
Monday, September 18, 2023
Unreasonable
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist cited in: Stanley Marcus (1979) Quest for the Best. p. 97
Friday, September 15, 2023
An Excuse
-- Michael Rivero (1952 -), American film worker, from his IMDB bio
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Survival Rate
-- Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (1962 -), American satirical novelist and freelance journalist, Fight Club (1996)
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Debacle
-- Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921 - 1990), Swiss author and dramatist, Portrait of a Planet (1971)
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Pay Our Debts
-- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875 - 1940), Scottish novelist, poet, and politician, Address to the people of Canada on the coronation of George VI (12 May 1937)
Monday, September 11, 2023
Remembrance
-- Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774), Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and physician, The Deserted Village, 1770, l. 81
Friday, September 08, 2023
Living Well
-- George Herbert (1593 - 1633), English poet, Jacula Prudentum (1651) Full title: Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert, Proverb 520; from The Complete Works in verse and prose of George Herbert: Volume III, Prose (1874)
Thursday, September 07, 2023
Each Of Us
Each of us has a role to play and responsibilities to uphold. Our elected officials must lead by example and govern effectively in ways that deliver for the American people. This, in turn, will help to restore trust in public service. The rest of us must engage in civil dialogue; respect democratic institutions and rights; uphold safe, secure, and accessible elections; and contribute to local, state, or national improvement.
-- A statement from 13 presidential centers, signed by Obama Foundation, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Clinton Foundation, George & Barbara Bush Foundation, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, The Carter Center, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, Richard Nixon Foundation, LBJ Foundation, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Truman Library Institute, Roosevelt Institute, Hoover Presidential Foundation (7 September 2023)
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
I'm Looking
-- Robert M. Pirsig (6 September 1928 - 24 April 2017), American philosopher and novelist, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) Ch. 1
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Totally Screwed Up
-- Lawrence A. Kane and Kris Wilder, The Little Black Book Of Violence (What Every Young Man Needs To Know About Fighting), Section 3, Aftermath Of Violence, Handling Blows To Your Self Esteem, p 249 (2009)
Monday, September 04, 2023
Solidarity
-- Harry Bridges (1901 - 1990), Australian-born American union leader, first with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), quoted in Glass, Fred (2016). From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement
Friday, September 01, 2023
Experience And History
-- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 - 1831), German philosopher, Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832) Volume 1, Introduction, as translated by H. B. Nisbet (1975)
Thursday, August 31, 2023
RIP Volition
This past June, Embracer Group announced a restructuring program to strengthen Embracer and maintain its position as a leader in the video game industry. As part of that program, they evaluated strategic and operational goals and made the difficult decision to close Volition effective immediately.
To help our team, we are working to provide job assistance and help smooth the transition for our Volition family members. We thank our customers and fans around the world for all the love and support over the years. You will always be in our hearts.
-- Volition Games, in a message posted to Volition's official LinkedIn page, GEMATSU.com, Volition Shuts Down After 30 Years, 31 August 2023
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Criticize & Praise
-- Warren Buffett (1930 -), American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, "CNBC's Becky Quick interviews Warren Buffett", CNBC Television (25 February 2019), YouTube (quote at 48:00 of 2:00:00)
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
The Last Link
-- Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830 - 1916), Moravian writer, Aphorisms (1890), p. 19
Monday, August 28, 2023
Speed Up That Day
-- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968), African American clergyman, civil rights activist, and Nobel laureate, final paragraph of his "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the March on Washington, 28 August 1963
Friday, August 25, 2023
Chandrayaan-3
-- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in comments on the success of India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, launched July 14th. The mission cost just $75,000,000, and today successfully deployed a lunar rover, 25 August 2023
Thursday, August 24, 2023
P01135809
-- Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, commenting on the indictment of former president Donald Trump, The New Republic, 15 August 2023
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Least Disappointing
-- Bernard Baruch (1870 - 1965), American financier, stock market speculator, statesman, and presidential advisor, as quoted in Meyer Berger’s New York (1960)
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Not A Fool Today
-- Ray Douglas Bradbury (22 August 1920 - 5 June 2012), American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer, The Illustrated Man (1951) No Particular Night or Morning
Monday, August 21, 2023
No Education
-- Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804 - 1881), British politician, novelist, and essayist, twice UK Prime Minister, Endymion (1880) Ch. 61
Friday, August 18, 2023
Not Be Attached
-- Ken Gullette of Internal Fighting Arts, on the Kung Fu Conversations podcast, Episode #41 (18 August 2023)
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Tardy Pace
-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC - 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, leading lyric poet in Latin, Carmina, III. 2. 31
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
One Great Advantage
-- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821), French military general who became the ruler of France, Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916), Ch. II : Psychology and Morals
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Grace
-- Yale History Professor Timothy Snyder (18 August 1969 -), posting on Twitter as @TimothyDSnyder, 3 August 2023 (h/t Josh Paley)
Monday, August 14, 2023
Clean And Healthful
-- Julia Olson, chief legal counsel and executive director of Our Children’s Trust, which brought the case, after District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled that a provision in the Montana Environmental Policy Act has harmed the state’s environment and the young plaintiffs by preventing Montana from considering the climate impacts of energy projects, violating a clause in the state constitution that guarantees citizens the right to a "clean and healthful environment", CNN.com
Friday, August 11, 2023
Traffic Theory
-- Summary of the life of William Phelps Eno (1858 - 1945) by Midnight Fact on Facebook [Fact-checked for accuracy]
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Avoidable Misery
-- Sir Karl Popper (1902 - 1994), Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator, As quoted in 1,001 Pearls of Wisdom (2006) by David Ross
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
Such Character
-- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696), French essayist and moralist, Les Caractères (1688) Du mérite personnel, Aphorism 21
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Without Undue Haste
-- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696), French essayist and moralist, Les Caractères (1688) Des jugements, aphorism 108
Monday, August 07, 2023
Deep Springs Of Life
-- Samuel Ullman (1840 - 1924), American businessman, poet, and humanitarian, Youth (1918)
Saturday, August 05, 2023
Friendship
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman philosopher, politician, and political theorist, De Amicitia - On Friendship (44 B.C.)
Friday, August 04, 2023
A Fair Trial
-- Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, speaking to the court during the arraignment of Donald Trump, 3 August 2023
Thursday, August 03, 2023
A Good Question
-- Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898 - 1988), American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging, as quoted in "Great Minds Start With Questions" in Parents Magazine (September 1993)
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
This Time
Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power. So for more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the Defendant spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won. These claims were false, and the Defendant knew that they were false. But the Defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway -- to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of the election.
-- Introduction to the most-recent Federal indictment of Donald Trump, this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, 1 August 2023
Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Once In A Lifetime
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets, Hyperion (1839), Book II, Chapter X
Friday, July 28, 2023
It Worked
-- Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967), American physicist and scientific director of the Manhattan Project, exclamation after the Trinity atomic bomb test (16 July 1945), according to his brother Frank Oppenheimer in the documentary The Day After Trinity
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Loudest
-- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), American writer on social and political philosophy, The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955) Section 70
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
A Fair Question
-- Grace Allen (1895 [year uncertain] - 1964), American comedian, actress, singer, dancer; and the comedic partner and wife of George Burns, How to Become President (1940) Ch. 1 : Government jobs pay big money
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Emmett Till And Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
-- Proclamation on Establishment of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, enacted on what would have been Emmett Till's 82nd birthday, 25 July 2023
Monday, July 24, 2023
I'm Happy
-- Jonas Vingegaard (10 December 1996 -), Danish professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo-Visma, after winning the Tour de France for the second year in a row, referring to Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar, who came second both years after winning in 2020 and 2021, 23 July 2023
Friday, July 21, 2023
You Can't Always
-- Robert Fulghum (4 June 1937 -), American author, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Irrationalities
-- Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 - 1971), American Protestant theologian most famous for his efforts to relate the Christian faith to the realities of politics and diplomacy. as quoted in his obituary in The New York Times (2 June 1971)
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Education Is
-- Burrhus Frederic Skinner (1904 - 1990), American behaviorist, and social philosopher, "New methods and new aims in teaching", in New Scientist, 22(392) (21 May 1964), pp.483-4