The Outlier
Most great accomplishments come from finding a new path rather than following the crowd. This post was inspired by the photo my wife found for an article she wrote: Outlier.
Thinking
How They Sound
Photo: Frame from the 1912 film Saved from the Titanic starring Dorothy Gibson — an actress who survived the actual disaster.
Clarification
The world gets it. A segment of America and Brazil don’t, and we can’t let them dictate the smart people’s deaths, because then what would we have left?
NASA’s Job
The full context of this quote, from my eulogy of Jerry in 1999:
Siren Call
Let me get this straight: Florida Man gets a Mickey Mouse idea and you think it’s great planning?
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One
Having the ability to think without being pressured by fools gives you such an advantage.
How Freedom Works
Their store, their rules, not yours. That’s how it works. Don’t like it? Don’t go in.
The Real Confederate Flag
“The war ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate generals throughout the Southern states followed suit, the last surrender on land occurring June 23.” —Wikipedia
Not All Memes are Funny
That first person to die was Patricia Dowd, who “exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication,” and was a non-smoker.
Choices, Choices
As the U.S. zooms toward 100,000 deaths, we should understand that we are far from done with this. We have a lot more people to think about this Memorial Day.