OceansOfThought @ August 27, 2008 # Comments Off on On the Defense of Monsters, and Patriots
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – George Orwell Any civil country most maintain Monsters, whose sole purpose is to maintain the civility and freedoms of that society – by any means necessary. These means are not acceptable by […]
OceansOfThought @ August 21, 2008 # Comments Off on On Living in the Past, Metaphysically Speaking.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” -Albert Einstein Naturally, there was some confusion with this post; The one about time. What was I really saying? Let me clarify. The Speed of Light is awesome, but it limits our world and we’ve used it to limit ourselves. We’ve defined it as […]
OceansOfThought @ August 21, 2008 # Comments Off on On Teams and not Committees
“Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.” – Colin Powell A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. while a committee is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some […]
OceansOfThought @ August 19, 2008 # One Comment
Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. ~William Faulkner In this plane of existance that we share and inhabbit.. time is the factor. The fastest thing we know allows us to see ourselves and relativeisticly […]
OceansOfThought @ August 18, 2008 # Comments Off on On the Accident of Birth Order
Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas – that’s what my grandma taught me. – Lord Chesterfield I sometimes think it is a terrible thing we do to the oldest of those who are born. Being born of this wholesomely unlucky number of being the […]
OceansOfThought @ August 11, 2008 # Comments Off on On A Bold Strategic Move by Russia
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. – Stalin Let’s get something factual before we begin. Georgia (as in the Republic of Georgia) poked a bear (Russia) and the bear didn’t just swat at Georgia, it went after it full force. Full invasion is smart […]