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Archive for February 2009

I Learned Some Stuff from My Pain.

In Aldous on 27 February 2009 with 2 comments

It’s been a week now. Except for the few hours of sleep I lace together each night, I’ve been in moderate or severe-moderate pain. I have learned, in these few days, a few things, or taken them more deeply for the experience.

I am a wimp. I have hobbled around, groaned, and generally [...]

Sorrow Has a Home

In Aldous on 13 February 2009 with no comments

And It’s Not in My Coffee
You abuse sorrow as your social lubricant. You are not sorry, nor even apologetic, for simple misstatement nor for taking the last coffee in the pot. Respect me enough to trust I won’t wilt in the glare of your inadvertent offense, that I might manage another few minutes [...]

A Note on Humility

In Aldous on 12 February 2009 with no comments

And Self-deprecation
Don’t bother mimicking humility through self-deprecation. I’ve done this, someone reading this has done this, and we understand why it doesn’t work: self-deprecation is a valuation independent of the quality of your work, “work” here meaning whatever your significant output might be.
Valuation depends on assessment of quality, intrinsic to work. Self-deprecation only [...]