Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
1. Going with the crowd when it makes sense to do so; going against it when it makes sense to do so; leaving it alone when it makes sense to do so.
2. Taking advice from those who can state their cases in logical terms and who you know share your goals. Advice…not instructions.
3. Upholding the Morgan Rule #1: If I’m gonna be accused, I wanna be guilty. An identity of displayed and assured harmlessness, is an identity of eunuchs.
4. Asking the five W’s — who, what, when, where, why — when you hear those empty-headed magic words “supposed to.”
5. Engaging diplomacy when the language used is one of diplomacy. And when the language used is the one of horse heads in beds…engaging that.
6. A resolve to defend the weaker from extraordinary threats — but not from ordinary ones, or disasters of their own making.
7. Taking personal ownership of the fitting between Pillars I and II, and of the fitting between Pillars II and III. Know, for yourself, why you know the things you think you know, and why you should be doing the things you think you should be doing.
8. Anticipating for yourself what will have to be done; gathering your gear; putting it where you can get to it when you need it; maintaining it properly.
9. Learning how to maintain the car before you learn how to drive it. That includes changing the tire. Any machine you use, when you use it, the machine is responsible for the predictable behavior and you’re responsible for decisions — and maintenance. You push the button and the light is “supposed to” come on, that means you should know what the light means, so when the day comes that it stays dark you know something about fixing it yourself, or at least figuring out what’s happening.
10. Trust but verify.
11. Don’t get mad; get even.
12. Treating your allies with respect, like they’re adults. Don’t “urge” or “insist”; instead, lay down conditions. Communicate. Negotiate. Compromise where it makes sense.
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