You cannot take an outlier, then call it an unusual pattern. What is unusual is the outlier, and no pattern has been established. People love to cite a patch of unusual weather, then treat it as though it were going to be the norm from here on out, then concoct seemingly plausible explanations for the unusual-turned-usual.
Category: Nobody Asked, But
Snow Day
It’s no wonder that youth think they know everything, their exposure to adults is to the overgrown children who administer schools.
Writer’s Break
What I like best is how Skyler sheds a second light on, or maybe illuminates for the first time, ideas that can bear repeating. In any event, if you are missing these gems from Skyler, run, don’t walk, to your nearest podcast player. You will be glad you did.
Shith*les
There are shitholes everywhere. Some types of shitholes include anal, oral, territorial, conceptual, and so forth. If we banned everybody who came from a shithole, at some point we will have eliminated life on Earth.
Computational Thinking
Any field of endeavor will, as time goes by, become increasingly more populated by those with low barriers to entry, not by those who will climb the obstacles to excellence. We have to learn to gauge the probabilities of dealing satisfactorily with all types of objects.
Total War
North Korea is the latest nominee for total war, ie. instant annihilation, from the sabre-rattlers. Pepe, the frog, points out that we are letting Kim’s regime collapse of its own weight, just as we mistakenly did with Hitler.
Manners
“Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
Consequences
“He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.” – Benjamin Franklin
Liars First
This morning, I heard a BBC report, wherein an American journalist was being interviewed about the weather in New York City. This was a fever pitch affair, for there has never before been snow and cold in NYC — right?
Spaghetti Code
Spaghetti Code is a computer programming term referring to poor design. In most instances, the making of law resembles a pot of spaghetti on a full boil.