Ten life-lessons I learned over the last two weeks
- The reason we invented civilization is so you can do one thing really well, and give money to other people to do everything else for you. I discovered this during my move. Movers charge a lot of money. They are worth it.
- There is no such thing as one-coat paint. Don’t believe the hype.
- People you know in real life will mock you if you write a blog. As they should.
- Don’t write something you don’t believe, just to be provocative. People who don’t know you that well might take it seriously.
- Never trust an Austrian talking about power.
- The more people who go to a meeting, the more efficient it is. I have no idea how. I can’t explain this.
- Hard consonants are funny. If you need an arbitrary noun for a joke, choose one with good hard consonants. Tuesday is the best day. Seventeen is a good number. James K Polk. Buicks. This also explains why a well-placed ‘fuck’ makes jokes better.
- The egg came first. I’ve seen through the bullshit.
- I have never been more wrong about anything in my life than twitter. Sorry twitter. Good luck Iran.
- I am still correct about the vast majority of twitterers.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Never trust an Austrian talking about bugs he created.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Never trust an intern talking about an Austrian.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
> People you know in real life will mock you if you write a blog.
As they should? What are you talking about?! Mockery is the sign of a small mind crushed under the tyranny of its ego. It deserves no attention or sympathy. It is sad when it happens to your own friends and relatives though.
July 19th, 2009 at 1:58 am
Louis, Good luck in your new home. So far, none of my friends has mocked me for doing a blog, (at least, not to my face)but then, it is about traffic safety, without much reference to my personal life.
I rather suspect that the reason larger groups conduct meetings more efficiently is that each person is more reluctant to waste group time with the inanities that are common in smaller groups.
I was lured here by the intellectual honesty and clarity found at your post about JPEGs vs PNGs, “My First and Last Webcomic.” I am rather new at graphic design, and hope to soon have a Cafepress (or similar) store to help support my effort to get people to see that world peace depends on us learning to co-exist on our own highways. If anyone is willing to guide this humble newby, I can be reached at gls@gridlocksmith.com