January 2010
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Jan 31st
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“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which...”
– David Hume
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 27th
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“Your focus on spending is pushing on thread In the long run, my friend, it’s...”
– F.A. Hayek to Keynes, sort of
Jan 27th
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Mel Gibson said it: Freedom. →
Jan 26th
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“An announcement from the “Beijing Number 26 Middle School Red...”
– Jonathon Spence
Jan 26th
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Jan 23rd
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Oregon's silly law
Texting while driving is now illegal. Having a phone up to your head is illegal as well. If anyone is convicted of this primary offense, they are fined nearly $100. The sad thing is: many things distract drivers and can be proven to increase the risk of driving. Outlawing them is simply obtuse. People will go on texting, but they will text lower, as to avoid distraction, and end up causing more...
Jan 22nd
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Watch what you say
Me: Do you want me to suck you off?
Sean: Actually, that'd be really good right now.
Jan 22nd
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“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.”
– Albert Einstein
Jan 22nd
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“OMG NBC WTF?”
– Jay Leno
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Earthquakes in perspective
Natural disasters suck. Fukuoka, Japan, a metropolitan area with 5 million people, was hit by a 7.0 earthquake in 2005. The result? Millions of dollars in damage, but only one fatality. When it comes to rising above the whims of nature, material wealth matters. Even over a century ago, the US was wealthier than contemporary Haitians. When San Francisco was struck by its major earthquake in 1906,...
Jan 20th
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Haiti and the meaning of poverty →
My mom said, “Both Dad and I are feeling for Haiti. It’s a shame they didn’t have the proper building codes in place.” Riiiight. If only Haiti had building codes…
Jan 20th
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“If we wish to be compassionate with our fellow man, we must learn to engage in...”
– Walter E. Williams
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Closing thoughts: winter break
Lincoln was more or less a tyrant. Robinson Crusoe is badass. Coffee makes the world go round. High ceilings are the way to go. Mount Bachelor and area are downright stunning. Nashville’s hipsters are crazy retarded. Party In The USA would make for a killer song if it weren’t for self-aggrandizing teenybopper lyrics. Thoughts are life. Flat tires and cold do not mix well. ...
Jan 19th
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“It all began with Adam. He was the first man to tell a joke—or a lie. How...”
– Mark Twain
Jan 19th
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Jan 17th
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Listen“Anyway, I wrote the book because...
Jan 16th
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“Only prosperity has causes. Analogically, heat is a result of active processes;...”
– Jane Jacobs
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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“The Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive and final...”
– Thomas Jefferson, The Kentucky Resolve of 1798
Jan 16th
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Jan 12th
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“The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings....”
– Murray N. Rothbard
Jan 12th
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The art of moving
The art of moving is just as Bruce Lee said: “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” Every time I move, I try to take less than I did before. Over the summer I dwindled most of my possessions to fewer than one carload. Now that I am moving again - only three blocks away, not across the country - the time has come to downsize. Minimal art. Small...
Jan 12th
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Hume Home
Twas a good run.
Jan 10th