Weeknote 3, 2024
§1 That's it!
One minor irritant in what could be a truly tragic year in American political history is the return of this sort of thing.
§2 “Fake It 'Til You Make It”
The flaw in the advice to “fake it 'til you make it” is that if you pick the wrong thing to fake, you'll never make it, and you'll always be fake.
§3 R.I.P., P.D.Q.
Peter Schickele (a.k.a. PDQ Bach) provided me with hours of entertainment when I was in my 20s with his musical sketch comedy.
§4 Sometimes one has to move on
“Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs“—Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:6)
“There ain't no point in talkin' when there's nobody listenin', so we just went away”—Rod Stewart
§5 Racism is just dumb…
…and isn't life hard enough without gratuitously making oneself dumber?