hairstreak

When youre liked, the sexiest double-entendre is cute flirting, but dont cross her: the most innocent sincerity becomes hurtful sarcasm.

If youre in a relationship that you feel is great, and youre hoping youll be together a long time, maybe buy a place together, maybe even have children, isnt it kind of weird not to apply the concept marriage to what youre thinking? I dont necessarily mean to get married, but to think of marriage as a typical part of those other things. Isnt it,...
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Compared to a man, it is easy for a young woman to deceive herself that she is exceptionally interesting and accomplished, because of all the attention she receives from men. But in the long run there is only one lid for every pot, and one woman for every man; we are bound to have an equal number of disappointments, and an equal number of comeuppances.

Every would-be student of history should first learn some stock-trading, and put some significant money of their own at risk. Then they would learn the real lesson of history: that the people actually making history had no idea how it would turn out; the best they could manage was an educated guess. Its no co-incidence that this age, when all our intellectual poseurs expect lifetime...
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In evolutionary politics, the law per se, and specific political systems per se, are not very important compared to the ethnic distribution of much more fundamental, somewhat competing qualities, such as group loyalty and sense of fairness. The UN is full of members, republics with magnificently conceived and worded constitutions, that are completely dysfunctional states.

In a truly patriotic war, 'combatants' are simply that part of the population that happens to be young, fit and male; 'civilians' are simply the rest of the population. All other situations are essentially mercenary.

He who insists on argument with women must expect degeneration to ad hominem attack by the end. One does not begin a boxing match with a bear, only to cry foul when one is clawed.

"Well, I'm back," as Master Samwise said to end both versions of the great trilogy. Managed to see ROTK twice; the whole thing just gets better and better for me, including ROTK the second time around.

Back also from Christmas and all the mixed emotions of closeness to family. I always look forward to it, enjoy it at first, then look forward to moving on,...
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Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Consider whether you should perhaps narrow your horizons.