Mar 28
Uncertainty sucks. It’s stressful, and this is one of the reasons why only some ‘exceptionally few’ might stand it fine.. stand it ‘like a man’, i.e.
Here’s a Wikipedia article on ‘Entropy’, and as you know, the entropy is a measure of uncertainty used in information theory. My question is, ‘do we need a thorough knowledge of these theories for managing our average, day-to-day’s lot of uncertainties?” Go figure, what my suggestion is.. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 27
It’s amazing, literally to this present day I’ve had only a vague knowledge of these guys, the rock band from Britain’ . While making my own ‘clashmaking’ for a long enough. “C’mon, what a ‘clashmaking’ you’re talking about here?”, you’d ask me. And you don’t even try to hide your derisive smile
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Mar 24
Stumbled upon another piece of ‘witty observation’ by Stephen King in his book ‘On writing‘:
“..it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 23
Jack: Let me ask you a question, Greg. Let’s just say you have kids… and you wanna get out of the house, spend a night on the town. So, you hire a baby-sitter, someone you think you can trust. References, work experience — it all checks out fine. But then how do you really know for certain… that your loved ones are safe with this stranger? I mean, can you ever really trust another human being, Greg?
- Greg: Sure, I think so.
- Jack: No. The answer is, you cannot.
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Mar 23
Looking at this picture makes me want to cry: “I am a ’small fish’! I don’t wanna go any deeper! I’d be totally satisfied living in these warm and, how it looks to me - ‘placid habitat’ in the Great Bahama Bank”
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Mar 20

I got this map from FlightAware flight tracker web-site using a ‘print screen’ feature on my Mac. Them guys in Flight Aware might object to such a ‘freely’ use of their ’stuff’, but I’ll beg them pardon me. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 18
“Grammar is not just a pain in the ass; it’s the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking.”
Stephen King, ‘On Writing’
I thought this citation is a bit too long for Twitter.. But it’s not, it would fit into 140-character message. OK, then, here’s one more praise to grammar from Stephen King:
“One who does grasp the rudiments of grammar finds a comforting simplicity at its heart, where there need to be only nouns, the words that name, and verbs, the words that act.”
Mar 18
Well, it’s not the morning, to be exact - time is rolling towards noon already, and the paper pictured here is too outdated to be considered ‘today’s morning paper’ either.
Actually, I’m busy with cleaning up old ‘pile-ups’ horded since a while ago, and before anything goes to the most appropriate destination - a trash bean - the stuff is browsed perfunctory in case there’s some ‘pearls went unnoticed’. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 17
‘Dacha’ is a well-known Russian word stating for a ‘piece of country-side (sub-urban) property’ used by many Russians as a ’second home’, a kind of ‘getaway retreat’, a place for some ‘R&R’. Often people have fruit trees planted on the dacha’s adjacent lot, grow vegetables and flowers there, keep some chicken, ducks, and so on. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 17
No doubt, coffee at home is way better than any ‘hotel’ coffee. This one says ‘Costa Rica’ on the bag. No, it’s not from a ’supply’ we bought in Costa Rica when we traveled there in 2008. That would have constituted rather a large supply, - the one that goes back as far as to 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
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