Jean de La Bruyère As quoted in Selected Thoughts from the French: XV Century-XX Century, with English Translations (1913), pp. 132-133, by James Raymond Solly. This may conceivably be a misattribution, because as yet no definite citation of a specific work by La Bruyère has been located, and the statement is very similar to one known [...]
Always wear the suit Always shave (except in November) Never put all your underwear in the laundry at once You can (probably) type much faster than you can write Never forget your laptop’s power cord Never forget deodorant Sniff test your clothes, it saves money Grab the belt
I am now about a month into school at Pepperdine University, where I am a Political Science and Philosophy double major. The campus here is absolutely amazing, as is the community. Almost everyone at Pepperdine actually wants to be here over anywhere else, and it makes for incredibly nice, happy people. I have a course [...]
As my (free) host (FreeHostia) doesn’t allow outbound connections, I was never able to import my tweets from @AndSchwa. As a remedy for now, (as I love to microblog), here is a quoted list of the best things I’ve written lately (hand imported): My best thoughts come to me in the shower. Others may sing [...]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Maybe)
I’ve also learned that most people do not respond to reasoned, well-articulated arguments (contrary to what I was taught in college). When attempting to persuade others, good rhetoric is sadly often more effective than good debate. Realizing this also opened my eyes to the staggering amount of manipulative maneuvering at play in the political world, [...]
To quote Salman Khan of the Khan Academy on religion: If you believe in trying to make the best of the finite number of years we have on this planet (while not making it any worse for anyone else), think that pride and self-righteousness are the cause of most conflict and negativity, and are humbled [...]
I’ve decided to join Technorati, and in order to claim my blog, I must post this: FMPBTUNHJF5Q
Andrew Schwartzmeyer
A few days ago, Pioneer One debuted. It’s an independent sci-fi dramatic “television series” (currently only one episode, my fingers are crossed for more) that’s funded solely through donations (originally via Kickstarter) and distributed freely through the BitTorrent protocol via Vodo. The show is licensed under Creative Commons. Pioneer One itself is very intriguing, especially [...]