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4/30/10 danger + opportunity ≠ crisis

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The Chinese word for crisis doesn’t consist of the words “danger” and “opportunity.” Sorry to burst your bubble. A Professor of Chinese Language and Literature told me so. Those who are as pedantic as I will want to read more.

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4/2/10 Compare and contrast…

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“Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors.” – George Washington, 1796

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8/7/08 George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” 1946

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Apparently I’ve never posted a link to this essay by George Orwell. Now I’m rectifying that situation. Read it now. From George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” 1946: In our time it is broadly true that political writing is bad writing. Where it is not true, it will generally be found that the writer [...]

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10/10/04 Life in the Bay Area

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Read about things that happened to me when I was depressed about moving to the Bay Area! It’ll be fun, really.

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4/26/03 a sine wave

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I pick the strangest times to stay up all night. I also pick the strangest times to update this site. It’s somewhat foolish for me to attempt to document my emotions here, since they change constantly. (You’ve seen a sine wave, right?) I also know that sometimes people that I actually know visit this site. [...]

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4/14/03 suffer this vagueness

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As always, I didn’t want a whole month to go by without at least updating at least once. It’s been a surprisingly difficult and stimulating month. Birth. Death. Closure. Anticipation. Nights that have been entirely too late, unsurprisingly. I can’t really explain why I’m feeling dark at this point. I have been cruising at a [...]

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