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A Man Who Has Nothing In Particular To Recommend Him Discusses All Sorts of Subjects at Random as Though He Knew Everything
That’s Mansour Bahrami. THE Iranian tennis player. That’s not much of an exaggeration. When the mullahs took over, they banned tennis outright. Said it was too capitalistic. Too western. Too rich folks-y. After a while, they relented and looked the other way. If I were a betting man,
Well, if you watch the artificial news, Artificial Intelligence is going to take your job and your girlfriend, at least when it’s not too busy taking over some bunker in North Dakota and launching nukes willy nilly. You could form the opinion that AI already has taken over
I’ve done as you instructed. I’ve kept this coupon. For thirty years or so, I think. It was in that metal tin I keep pennies in. If you’re young, ask your parents what pennies are. Unlike this coupon, they’re not valuable, though. It’s valuable. I’m not sure if
That’s Eddie Harris and Les McCann performing “Compared To What” at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in June of 1969. People who don’t know who’s who often assume that Eddie Harris is the piano player, because he’s the star of the show in this video. But Eddie
Let’s talk about Rufus. No, not that Rufus. I hesitate to cast aspersions on the obvious metaphysical endowments of Chaka Khan and her band of Rufusians (Rufusniks? Rufusticans? Ruffians?), but I’m talking about Musonius Rufus. Dude was a Roman philosopher in the first century AD. He’s like the
I promise to quit drinking At two ‘o clock this morning Maybe three I pledge to eat healthier Candy Not after I drop them I’ll be sure to set aside more “me time” But enough about me What do you think about me? I’m gonna build a better
Ever watch Dr. Zhivago? It’s a David Lean movie. Made all sorts of money. It’s a tale from Russia, with love. The love part was
I work with my hands all day but I rarely injure them. A long time ago I wearied of hurting myself in minor ways and
(Thanks to reader and commenter BJM for slipping the video into my comments the other day) Way to go, kid. And mom and dad, too.
