hard heads soft hearts

a scratch pad for half-formed thoughts by a liberal political junkie who's nobody special. ''Hard Heads, Soft Hearts'' is the title of a book by Princeton economist Alan Blinder, and tends to be a favorite motto of neoliberals, especially liberal economists.
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
 

Little Talk:

 

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How Much Dull Routine Of Existence Does A Man Require?

My current answer:

 

1. waking up

2. morning / afternoon session

3. afternoon / evening session

4. evening / night session

5. winding down

 

waking up:

1. wake up

2. untether the phone

3. retether the phone

4. go back to bed and stare out the window a bit

 

winding down:

1. turn off the laptop

2. tether the phone

3. pace around and stretch a bit

4. fall asleep

 

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How Many Projects Does A Man Require?

 

My current answer:

 

Projects A, B & X. Projects A & B are perhaps less mysterious, project X perhaps more so.

 

A rhythm I am trying to keep at the moment:

1. 1 or 2 units of project A or B

2. 1 or x units of project X

 

project A can perhaps be thought of as "desk-work", project B can perhaps be thought of as "field-work", and project X can perhaps be thought of as . . . project X.

which reminds me of one my favorite jokes:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/ClueVCRMysteryGame

"I hear you're in business! What kind?"

"None of your business! My card."

On the card: "LYMAN GREEN. BUSINESS."

In my mind's eye, I misremembered the joke as:

"Mr. Green. I'm a Business Man. My card."

On the card: "Mr. Green. Business."

 

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Next post: November 29, 2023

 

 



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