Happy New Year! And let’s be happy our world hasn’t panned out like Arthur C Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two.
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Happy New Year! And let’s be happy our world hasn’t panned out like Arthur C Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two.
I’m fairly certain I recently passed a rather pathetic tipping point, and now own more unread books and unwatched DVDs than my remaining lifespan will be able to sustain… The bastard things are going to outlive me. It’s not fair. They can’t even breathe.
›› Charlie Brooker is a really funny guy
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
›› Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., (1841 – 1935)
Super talk by Alain De Botton, though it seemed very short. His latest book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, suddenly looks pretty interesting to me…
Be like a duck, my mother used to tell me… Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.
›› Sage advice from Michael Caine
Over the next day, hug your spouse, kiss your child, call your relatives, watch the sunset, watch the sunrise, thank your God and relish your life.
›› New York Times’ David Rohde after his Afghan Taliban escape
It’s been a wild ride through 2008 and the new year looks like it’s gonna drag our wallets through the mud. Having said that, there are people on the other side of the world who are going through shit that makes you want to throw up.
Yeah, belated happy new year to you, too.
From one of the most useful Wikipedia pages…
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually…
We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.
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