Friday, April 30, 2021

Another good day for music!

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 "A man's greatness lies not in wealth and station, as the vulgar believe.  Nor does it lie in his intellectual capacity, which is ...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

A great article about inflation

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   This is the kind of news article that you rarely find in a major US newspaper.  This is a hard-hitting and accurate article about price i...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

"To vax, or not to vax, that is the question:"

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 "The essence of philosophy (of stoicism) is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on externa...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Three Strikes

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 "Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Monday, April 26, 2021

Firing up the limbs

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 "A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it." - Epictetus
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Submarine KRI Nanggala-402 - updated

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 No stoic quote for this post.   Just a quick note here:  The above Indonesian submarine appears to have sunk, taking 53 souls with her to t...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Just a song

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 "We are mad, not only individually but nationally.  We punish manslaughter and isolated murders, but what of war and the much-vaunted ...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Trees!

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 "Men do not care how nobly they live, but only for how long.  Although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within n...
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Monday, April 12, 2021

Time for a post!

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 Hippocrates cured many illnesses - and then fell ill himself and died.  The Chaldeans predicted the deaths of many others - in due course t...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

A bit of music - and inermittent posting

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 "Thus it appears that exile helps, rather than hinders body and spirit, by treating them better than they treat themselves." - Ga...