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Author: FIGBERT <figbert@figbert.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 22:02:20 -0800
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+title = "Quotes from My Camera Roll"
+date = 2023-12-19
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+I have been collecting fun little writings in Photos with the intent of
+distributing them here. Now I can delete them. This will lift a great
+weight from my shoulders.
+
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+
+> It will all be gone soon enough and you know it, so look good and
+> close while the close lookin's good.
+
+"Close lookin."
+
+> Musk, via email, would only say: "I have never lost money for those
+> who invest in me and I am not starting now."
+
+From an Axios article, in response to a question about X/Twitter. Seems
+ill-fated, but an impressive display of confidence.
+
+> Argentina, back in its familiar position of being a fiscal and
+> economic disaster zone...
+
+Funny, for me, far away from Argentina.
+
+> This put him in position to try the Hitler Slingshot Maneuver...
+
+Hell of a maneuver.
+
+> The old mantra's gotta go, even as it still rings in our ears and
+> echoes down deep caverns of the Web.
+
+A metaphor that makes the Web a physical place is good in my book.
+
+> We're imagination bottlenecked. There's low-hanging fruit for the next
+> decade.
+
+A fun but frustrating concept. How to come up with radical ideas...
+
+> The only other thing I will add is that I don't think anyone needs to
+> justify asking for support through "hosting costs money" or the like.
+> Art is worth supporting, so even if the money I send goes to paying
+> for your truffle brownie habit, you do you.
+
+From Manu's lovely *People and Blogs*, the [fourth edition]. A
+philosophy I agree with, even if I am not huge on truffle brownies
+myself.
+
+> Don't avoid places with beautiful women in them, ignore who's already
+> there and take a beautiful woman with you, or at least one who looks
+> beautiful in bistro lighting. Trust me, the food tastes better.
+
+From one of the most [bizarre and beautiful screeds] I've ever
+encountered.
+
+> Let the coffee be hot, & the liquors chosen with special care.
+
+A local restaurant menu.
+
+[fourth edition]: https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-brian-koberlein
+[bizarre and beautiful screeds]: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/08/does-america-or-france-have-better-food.html?commentID=160646682
