A Farewell to Zero
Farewell, Zero the Hero. Nothing won’t be the same without you.
Farewell, Zero the Hero. Nothing won’t be the same without you.
We all have goals. Mine are more along the lines of “still being on this side of the dirt” when I’m 67 years old – actually running over that dirt would be gravy.
Raw talent. You hear a lot about “natural” talent, or “raw” talent. It can’t be learned, and it can’t be taught. When it comes to the nature versus nurture debate, I’m firmly on both sides. I’m looking for a quintessence, a je ne se qua, that quality of having “it” that you often can’t define except by its lack.
“The specialist found that the 8-percent curvature of her spine is NOT due to scoliosis after all. It turns out that one of her legs is measurably longer than the other.” “They can tell that from an endoscopy?”
OK kid. Turn your damn lights on if you’re reading, your eyes are bad enough already. Don’t stay up too late, and don’t make any noise. Daddy needs plausible deniability, OK? “OK Daddy!” And we just don’t talk about why all my kids could define “plausible deniability” before they could write their names.