Sawyer Paul's Blog, page 110
May 1, 2012
Too Little, Too Late
Too Little, Too Late:
For all the videogames that take place in post-apocalyptic worlds, like Bastion and Fallout, it’s Fate of the World that provides the bleakest outlook to the future. I recycle (sometimes, when it’s convenient) and I planted a tree once, but that’s insignificant. It’s a drop in the bucket. Even changes on the macro level, the ones that affect whole parts of the world, might not be enough. A part of me thinks that we’re all doomed and that I might as well give up right now: What can I do? What am I, really, if not the slightest fraction of a percentage point in the grandest scale of things? What is the point?
And yet, I keep trying to save the world, one more time.
The Lowdown on Up Tight
The Lowdown on Up Tight:
Shot in a section known as Hough, two years before the community was the scene of an infamous riot that took place over six nights, we see a community in shambles and on the verge of explosion. The tenements and tacky hotels, side streets and steel mills look as though they might blow away in the next storm. In the same way King’s death led to riots in streets major cities, it was used as the motivation behind the crime in Up Tight that sets the pulp fiction aspect of the movie in motion with a failed heist of a gun armory the night of King’s funeral.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A CON MAN
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A CON MAN :
From the desk of Victor Lustig, the man who sold the Eiffel Tower:
Be a patient listener (it is this, not fast talking, that gets a con-man his coups).
Never look bored.
Wait for the other person to reveal any political opinions, then agree with them.
Let the other person reveal religious views, then have the same ones.
Hint at sex talk, but don’t follow it up unless the other fellow shows a strong interest.
Never discuss illness, unless some special concern is shown.
Never pry into a person’s personal circumstances (they’ll tell you all eventually).
Never boast. Just let your importance be quietly obvious.
Never be untidy.
Never get drunk.
(Source: learnedastronomer)
April 30, 2012
Sleepy, drunk, and away from your desk: how to be more creative.
Sleepy, drunk, and away from your desk: how to be more creative.:
“Creativity is the residue of time wasted,” Albert Einstein said. With degrees in both neuroscience and literature, Lehrer confidently straddles the disparate worlds of sciences and humanities. After surveying the available research for his book Imagine, one of Lehrer’s biggest tips for people trying to be more creative is to “make time to waste time.
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Titanic II: Australian billionaire announces plan to rebuild liner
Titanic II: Australian billionaire announces plan to rebuild liner:
Asked if Titanic II could meet the same fate as its predecessor, Palmer told reporters: “Of course it will sink if you put a hole in it.” He added: “Of course, if you are superstitious … you never know what could happen.”
