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== Diary == | == Diary == | ||
=== Are You Sure? (September 25, 2020) === | |||
[[File:Are_You_Sure_(25_Sept_2020).png|thumb|Are You Sure? (September 25, 2020)]] | |||
=== The purity of his desire for wealth === | |||
Paul Rand is a self-enriching profiteer who chose a career in ophthalmology in order to maximize his income, and did well — yet he also falsified his accreditation, as if he can never earn enough, as if the *purity* of his desire for wealth puts him above society. | |||
How very ... cancer-like. | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/jamey.hall.92/posts/3495537067155711?comment_id=3495595023816582&reply_comment_id=3501927979849953 Comment] @ Facebook | |||
=== Thagomizer === | === Thagomizer === | ||
A '''thagomizer''' (/ˈθæɡəmaɪzər/) is the distinctive arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of stegosaurid dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators. | A '''thagomizer''' (/ˈθæɡəmaɪzər/) is the distinctive arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of stegosaurid dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators. | ||
The arrangement of spikes originally had no distinct name; the term thagomizer was coined in 1982 by cartoonist Gary Larson in his comic The Far Side, and thereafter became gradually adopted as an informal term within scientific circles, research, and education. | The arrangement of spikes originally had no distinct name; the term thagomizer was coined in 1982 by cartoonist Gary Larson in his comic The Far Side, and thereafter became gradually adopted as an informal term within scientific circles, research, and education. | ||
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=== A man cannot stab his enemy twice === | === A man cannot stab his enemy twice === | ||
[[File:A man cannot stab his enemy twice.png|thumb|A man cannot stab his enemy twice.]] | |||
"[[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]]. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy." | "[[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]]. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy." | ||
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The purity of his desire for wealth
Paul Rand is a self-enriching profiteer who chose a career in ophthalmology in order to maximize his income, and did well — yet he also falsified his accreditation, as if he can never earn enough, as if the *purity* of his desire for wealth puts him above society. How very ... cancer-like.
- Comment @ Facebook
Thagomizer
A thagomizer (/ˈθæɡəmaɪzər/) is the distinctive arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of stegosaurid dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators.
The arrangement of spikes originally had no distinct name; the term thagomizer was coined in 1982 by cartoonist Gary Larson in his comic The Far Side, and thereafter became gradually adopted as an informal term within scientific circles, research, and education.
- Thagomizer @ Wikipedia
- Thagomizer (nonfiction)
A man cannot stab his enemy twice
"A man cannot stab his enemy twice. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy."
—Widely attributed to Fell Swoop.