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Great Lines: The Other Side Edition

November 24, 2021

[The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb](https://medium.com/@SeanBlanda/the-other-side-is-not-dumb-2670c1294063)): Sharing links that mock a caricature of the Other...

Great Lines: The First Principles Edition

November 10, 2021

I’m going to be starting a new job on Monday. I’ve given a lot of you the blow by blow account of how the negotiations with my employer went. But the main...

Great Lines: The Great Power Burdens Me Edition

November 3, 2021

I write these ahead of time. By the time this publishes, I’ll likely have a new job. It took me exactly 5 weeks from the time I told my boss I was leaving my...

Great Lines: The Arctic Wolf Hair Edition

October 20, 2021

For those who don't know, I've decided to find a new job. I didn't want there to be any ambiguity, so I told my boss the day after I'd made my decision. I...

A new journey

October 9, 2021

I meant to send the following as the prelude to the newsletter you were sent this past week. I've decided to find a new job. I saw that my current job was...

Great Lines: The Wholly Repellent Edition

October 6, 2021

I really hope all of you are doing well. I write these way ahead of time, so the Delta variant of Covid may be a distant memory by the time you get this. But...

Great Lines: The Samantha Bee Edition

September 22, 2021

Samantha Bee is one of the funniest people out there today. You may not agree with her political views, but her book is filled with some great lines: Who...

Great Lines: The Rules of Employment Edition

September 8, 2021

This is posted on the home page of my website, but it bears repeating. Do you post on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? If so, then you’re creating content for...

Great Lines: The Human Community Edition

August 25, 2021

I’ve begun to make a lot of updates to my website. Like with my earlier link collection project, I’m now putting everything I’ve found over the years that’s...

Great Lines: The Show Me I'm Making A Mistake Edition

August 11, 2021

I have a mixed relationship with what people would call self-help. I think most of it is bogus nonsense. But there are some people who make sense. The point...

Great Lines: The Don't Want to Be Enlightened Edition

July 28, 2021

I’m worried that we’ve got an impassable gulf between the Trump faction and the rest of America. In times like this, I read history and it shows that there...

Great Lines: The Rented Family Edition

July 14, 2021

By the time you read this, I will have had some eye surgery. So this newsletter may or may not be getting sent to you from a blind man. :) First, John Scalzi...

Great Lines: The Hillbilly Elegy Edition

June 30, 2021

J.D. Vance is now one of the people he talks about it in this book. People say that it was plain to anyone that he would make his current heel turn into a...

Great Lines: The Infinite Choices Edition

June 16, 2021

One good thing about the pandemic: there is no longer a social obligation to hug people. I've never been a big hugger, but have grown to tolerate it. No...

Great Lines: The Barbershop Edition

June 2, 2021

Over the past 3 weeks, I've begun venturing back out into the world. It's been odd, but not nearly as jarring as I thought it might be. I feel bad for folks...

Great Lines: The Denialism Edition

May 23, 2021

I read this great article about denialism this week. I cast out a denialist from my life earlier this year, after realizing that he was entirely malignant...

Great Lines: The White Man's Word Edition

April 17, 2021

I recently read Dave Parker's new autobiography, Cobra. There are tons of good stories in the book, but this one about what happened after a black player was...

Great Lines: The Trolling Edition

April 10, 2021

I got the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine on April 29. On Sunday, I got sick with flu-like symptoms. It passed by Monday night. I’m sure there are some...

Great Lines: The 24 Hours To Live Edition

April 3, 2021

I had an ethical conundrum a few weeks back. I saw that I could go to a small town in the southern part of the state and get vaccinated. After thinking about...

Great Lines: The Nixon/Trump Edition

March 27, 2021

I’ve recently been watching a lot of the original “Head of the Class” series on HBO Max. This type of nostalgia has been very prevalent in my life recently....