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Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind

I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

- Andy Bernard

Just finished reading:

A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge

An epic Hard SciFi book, but it's way too long.

It's a prequel to "A Fire Upon The Deep"
which is a much better book in my opinion.

Yes, the hair is from a little boy

And the cross is someone she has not met,

well, not yet.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering,

for he is both the marble
and the sculptor

- Alexis Carrel

Why did Coca-Cola do a Collaboration with Star Wars instead of SUPERMAN?

Such a missed opportunity.

One and one and one is three

Just finished reading:

Armor
by John Steakley

The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water is poisonous. It is home to the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered.

Starship Troopers fans, this book is for you.

I've got a pocketful of kryptonite.

Which vision of the future do you believe we will take?

Isaac Asimov’s - Foundation
or
Frank Herbert’s - Dune

We never left the water 💧

Will Guidara, has a co-producing and writing credit on Season 3 of 'The Bear'

Just finished reading:

Unreasonable Hospitality
by Will Guidara

The remarkable power of giving people more than they expect.

Highly recommend you read this book.

The chains of debt are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire.

To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment.

It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it.

- James Clear

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

― Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

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Just finished reading:

Second Foundation
The third novel in the Foundation series
by Isaac Asimov

Excited to see how Apple TV+ adapts this.

Learn from the past or be doomed to repeat it.

The Cultural Revolution was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China

Too many people don't know history. Learn about it.

True Love Travels On A Gravel Road

Public companies bought more bitcoin than ETFs did for the third quarter in a row — CNBC More companies are trying to benefit from MicroStrategy's bitcoin acquisition playbook in a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment.

Public companies bought more bitcoin than ETFs did for the third quarter in a row

stocks.apple.com/AuW5zTmu1TZS...

YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer

Project Hail Mary
Movie Trailer

I'm a huge fan of Andy Weir as a writer.
He also wrote The Martian, one of my favorite books and movies.
youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?...

Finished reading:

Abaddon's Gate
Book 3 of The Expanse
by James S. A. Corey

Hard SciFi goodness at it's best.

Howie Mandel shouldn't be famous.

Yes, I said it.

Rich people buy time.
Poor people buy stuff.

Ambitious people buy skills.
Lazy people buy distraction.

Luck is not evenly distributed in the world

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. - Epictetus

Happy Father’s Day to all the great fathers out there Embodying It.

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I don't think that I can take it

'Cause it took so long to bake it

And I'll never have that recipe again,

oh no

For a moment there,
I thought we were in trouble.