view from the archipelago

Life is full of responsibilities, and not everyone has the opportunity to disappear for a year. -- Juergen Barbusca

There's no authority in the world like ignorance.  --Orson Welles

The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. --Elon Musk

The brain, it seems, can become like a well-loved kitchen knife: a little worn from extensive use – just in need of sharpening. And cognit...

Paying cash without pennies is confusing. That could soon change --Addy Bink ktla.com

Grief is the price you pay for love. --BBC quote from here https://youtu.be/fEPSF320EVg?is=IYB-xJbIPNpZzE5h

Over the years, those who have seemed to me to be the most happy, contented and fulfilled have always been the people who have lived the m...

It’s not easy to burn a house safely. --Mira Rojanasakul

Skyscapers are supposed to be the perfect marriage of economics and hubris. --Fred Mills

The FBI is the only federal agency with jurisdiction and capabilities to investigate a nuclear incident, including collecting evidence tha...

Laughter really IS carbonated holiness.  --Anne Lamott 

If people wanted you to write more warmly about them, they should have behaved better. --Anne Lamott

By the end, I was deteriorating faster than I could lower my standards.  --Anne Lamott

All you are ever seeing is the internal model of the outside world.  --David Eagleman

In the Marines, leaders often fail to discern the difference between 'tough' and 'cruel.' --Rob Bracknell

There's a peculiar kind of integrity not just in knowing who you are, but who you are not... in refusing to bend yourself into spaces ...

"Our biggest competitors are Facebook, YouTube and sleep." --Reed Hastings  Netflix CEO 2018

Quantity pushes out quality.  --Jonathan Haidt

Children are the only thing we remove from the human body... ... And then keep.  --Jim Gaffigan 

I’m like a coat in the closet, just hangin’ in there, baby. --Flavor Flav