“The military press is a man maker.You either can lift heavy stuff above your head or you cannot. No place for cheating here.” –Yavor Marichkov There you go, brief and to the point.
Knowing what you really want and need. On forms, names, and teaching
Quoth Rumi: “Pass from names and look at qualitiesSo that the qualities may show the way to the essenceThe differences of people came about from namesWhen the inner meaning is reached, then peace descends”Dar guzar az nam wa binigar dar sifat /ta sifatat rah numayad sue dhatikhtilaf-i khalq az nam uftad / chun ba ma’ana […]
Of shortwave, the BBC, earthquakes, crushed children, and international satellite monitoring
I like listening to the BBC. Of course there’s the Internet, and NPR often broadcasts BBC’s World Service at night (and increasingly slipping in some BBC coverage during the day time, in the middle of All Things Considered. Truly… strange…) A decade ago, though, I saved up a couple of paychecks and bought a nice […]
I now despise..
..the sort of polite civility between former “friends” that masks a desire for an utter indifference towards you. It’s mixed with awkwardness and discomfort. Is it better to be utterly rude, than distantly and awkwardly polite and friendly towards those whose company you no longer desire? There is the matter of “getting the hint” but […]