camera-roll-quotes.md (2167B)
1 +++ 2 title = "Quotes from My Camera Roll" 3 date = 2023-12-19 4 +++ 5 6 I have been collecting fun little writings in Photos with the intent of 7 distributing them here. Now I can delete them. This will lift a great 8 weight from my shoulders. 9 10 <!-- more --> 11 12 > It will all be gone soon enough and you know it, so look good and 13 > close while the close lookin's good. 14 15 "Close lookin." 16 17 > Musk, via email, would only say: "I have never lost money for those 18 > who invest in me and I am not starting now." 19 20 From an Axios article, in response to a question about X/Twitter. Seems 21 ill-fated, but an impressive display of confidence. 22 23 > Argentina, back in its familiar position of being a fiscal and 24 > economic disaster zone... 25 26 Funny, for me, far away from Argentina. 27 28 > This put him in position to try the Hitler Slingshot Maneuver... 29 30 Hell of a maneuver. 31 32 > The old mantra's gotta go, even as it still rings in our ears and 33 > echoes down deep caverns of the Web. 34 35 A metaphor that makes the Web a physical place is good in my book. 36 37 > We're imagination bottlenecked. There's low-hanging fruit for the next 38 > decade. 39 40 A fun but frustrating concept. How to come up with radical ideas... 41 42 > The only other thing I will add is that I don't think anyone needs to 43 > justify asking for support through "hosting costs money" or the like. 44 > Art is worth supporting, so even if the money I send goes to paying 45 > for your truffle brownie habit, you do you. 46 47 From Manu's lovely *People and Blogs*, the [fourth edition]. A 48 philosophy I agree with, even if I am not huge on truffle brownies 49 myself. 50 51 > Don't avoid places with beautiful women in them, ignore who's already 52 > there and take a beautiful woman with you, or at least one who looks 53 > beautiful in bistro lighting. Trust me, the food tastes better. 54 55 From one of the most [bizarre and beautiful screeds] I've ever 56 encountered. 57 58 > Let the coffee be hot, & the liquors chosen with special care. 59 60 A local restaurant menu. 61 62 [fourth edition]: https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-brian-koberlein 63 [bizarre and beautiful screeds]: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/08/does-america-or-france-have-better-food.html?commentID=160646682