“Man I don’t care what in the world that you do As long as you do what you say you going to” Today is Sunday August 30, 2015. How it got to be 1 PM I do not know. I do know that this ambitious posting will be under construction for a while. Consider the host […]
Archives for August 2015
Motto August 21, 2015
The figure made a movement. “Keep away!” cried Gilberte. Keep away!” She offered the burglar all the money and jewels she had on the table if he would consent not to stir. Amid her surprise and terror the idea assailed her that her husband, dissembling his suspicions, had posted witnesses, and had had recourse […]
“Money can buy me a boat;” Amelia and Javier’s wedding updates presented in a customized genre
Marvelous Breaking News:Amelia and Javier will marry August 6, 2016 Today Wednesday September 9, 2015 the official save the date card appeared in my mailbox. The card does not smell of goat cheese. The card provides invited guests with a wedding URL,a contemporary custom Emily Post would have included in her etiquette book. Now what? […]
Motto August 19, 2015
Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. It is the only form of adventure in which you put on your clothes at Michaelmas (1) and keep them on until Christmas, and, save for a layer of the natural grease of the body, find […]
Comprehensive August 2015 motto
++++ “When a man is a wanderer and stranger, he should not be gruff nor overbearing. He has no large circle of acquaintances, therefore he should not give himself airs. He must be cautious and reserved; in this way he protects himself from evil. If he is obliging toward others, he wins success. “A […]
August 7th Update: Snags on the road to getting well
In one paragraph : I am lying on a hospital bed for what seems like a relatively minor problem. Last week I returned from a joint expeditionary force to New York and New Jersey. The most encouraging development was meeting with Dr. Christopher J. Winfree. Dr. Winfree is a surgeon at Columbia Medical Center who […]
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
Read The Theory of the Leisure Class, a book which changed my life. THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS by Thorstein Veblen Contents Chapter One ~~ Introductory Chapter Two ~~ Pecuniary Emulation Chapter Three ~~ Conspicuous Leisure Chapter Four ~~ Conspicuous Consumption Chapter Five ~~ The Pecuniary Standard of Living Chapter Six ~~ Pecuniary Canons […]