33 Things To Think About On A Friday

“I didn’t know there was a no train list.” – Archer

If you would like a list of ways technology has made life worse, press one for English.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a list post, so, why not?

Here are some things I think:

  1. The struggle is important.  If every day were placid and peaceful and there was no want, life would become dry and boring, and we would choke on our luxuries.  The Garden of Eden could never last.
  2. When I come home my dog is always happy to see me, but then I remember he also gets happy sniffing the cat’s butt and chewing on furniture.
  3. Risk is important, too. Judging good risks and bad risks mainly comes from taking bad risks.  Avoiding all risk is perhaps the worst risk.
  4. They say a penny saved is a penny earned, but it really takes a few million to buy enough crack and prostitutes to make Hunter happy.

Again?

  1. Women are best when they’re being women, not crappy imitations of men.
  2. Men are best when they’re being men, and masculinity isn’t toxic.
  3. If the glass is half empty, there’s probably room for some vodka.
  4. The biggest fights are over the smallest things. A trillion-dollar budget shortfall?  No one on Earth can even understand it.  The neighbor’s lawn being an inch too tall?  That’s a fight.
  5. If men are strong in the balance of power, civilization endures. If women are strong in the balance of power, civilization is imperiled, in the end for lack of children.
  6. If Life give you lemons, look Life right in the eye and say, “I want beer instead.” Life should know better by now.

If you put root beer in a square glass, do you just get beer?

  1. Moderation is good, because there should be balance in life.
  2. Moderation is bad, because there is power in passion, and no progress was made by anyone being reasonable.
  3. Both 11. and 12. are true.
  4. They say money can’t buy happiness, but it bought Hunter Biden so many laptops he forgot where they all were.
  5. I find the most peaceful sleep I have is when the thunder is blasting out a constant tattoo against the night sky, the worst when it is utterly silent.
  6. All things must end. This is good.  Without an end, there is no new beginning.
  7. That thing about all things must end? I forgot revolving doors.

That door hit me as I got out.  It was a pane in the butt.

  1. Success is often more damaging than failure.
  2. As Kierkegaard said, “Life can only be lived forwards, but understood in reverse.” The worst things in my life have always led to the best things in my life.
  3. Corollary to 19., if you don’t have a plan to go somewhere, you won’t go anywhere. If you have a plan, you might not end up where you thought you’d be, but at least you’ll be moving.
  4. Corollary to 20., I might be lost, but I’m making good time.
  5. Corollary to 21., don’t just follow your dreams, chase them until they file a restraining order.
  6. Of course the game is rigged. What’s bothering you now is the idea that they’ve stopped pretending it isn’t.
  7. They say, “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.” What could be closer than locked in the crawlspace?

I wish I had a wine cellar with an elevator.  That would lift my spirits.

  1. A large part of the last few decades has been spent in trying to convince Americans that their culture is entirely based in commerce and pop culture. That is not true – the values that built America rely on neither.
  2. What are you doing today to make sure that today matters?
  3. Kindness is free. So is sarcasm.  I found out that one of these works better at funerals than the other last week.
  4. As I’ve said before, happy is easy. Not being bored is easy.  Standing up for something that matters is the most important thing.
  5. One of the saddest things about today’s society is that young people find more challenges in the virtual world than in reality. When reality catches up to them they won’t be prepared.
  6. Jenga® would be more interesting if the pieces exploded when the tower fell.
  7. Beauty exists. Truth exists.  Goodness exists.  Those who would rule you would blind you to those simple facts.
  8. It’s called work because they pay you to do it. If it were always fun, it would be a hobby.
  9. I think Elon Musk has a lot of hobbies. And ex-wives.

If Musk started making robot lawnmowers, would he call them E-Lawn®?

  1. If you have a choice about your attitude, be positive. Enjoy the moments you can, and you can enjoy most of them.
  2. You have a choice about you attitude. Sometimes it’s your only choice.

Author: John

Nobel-Prize Winning, MacArthur Genius Grant Near Recipient writing to you regularly about Fitness, Wealth, and Wisdom - How to be happy and how to be healthy. Oh, and rich.

29 thoughts on “33 Things To Think About On A Friday”

  1. Dank meme spotted-Viking with the caption, toxic masculinity is the reason your ancestors weren’t devoured by wolves.
    Reality is a construct of the white male patriarchy. (honk!)
    Just read about an accounting error of $3billion in the Krain’s favor, these faculty lounge geniuses will lead us to 1000 years of glorious victories, just as soon as the navel gazing update and round of checkers is complete.
    Stick around and watch marshmallow soft weanies demoralize and check out of the game as their god that always fails known as government does what it always does best.
    Karens of both sexes are why we can’t have nice things.
    May the sarcasm and brutal flatulence be with you!

    1. Yes, I’d love that sort of accounting error. By their logic, we could give them the Pentagon because it’s depreciated to zero. Wait a minute . . . maybe . . . ?

  2. 36. Always have a plan for your business. If you don’t, your competitors will.

  3. 37 – Don’t become obsessed about your only thought today was coffee, and how much is too much.

  7. 38 — Thou shalt not covet thy PEZ, nor the PEZ of thy neighbor.

    39 — PEZ absent a PEZ Dispenser does not count as PEZ.

    Not asking a lot here people please don’t fail me.

  8. Enjoyable. Powerful, lke Colon the Barberin – or even Getthis the Mogul Hoarder!

    2. You beat me to it, Aesop.
      I was going to comment that I can cover #11 & #12 with:
      #11&12: Moderation in all things – *including* moderation.

  10. #?? Demography is destiny. The future belongs to those who show up.
    #??+1 You have the power to change the numbers in both directions. Choose wisely.
    #??+2 The ultimate morality is the survival of your people and your culture.

      1. At a restaurant in Springfield, OH last weekend. 10% of the people in the place were White Americans, and we were all older. Huge families of Latinos. There were three separate groups of Africans, judging from the different appearances and languages spoken.

  11. #1 Reminds me of a quote from the great Col. Jeff Cooper, “Happiness comes from achievement.” I think this explains why a lot of young people–and a great many leftists–are so unhappy.

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