27. Miscellaneous. Language. Those who make antitheses by forcing words are like those who make false windows for symmetry. Their rule is not to speak accurately, but to make apt figures of speech.
This book expresses everything I‘ve been feeling lately. About finding wonder, whimsy, and magic in everyday life. Highly recommend.
pickA deep dive (no pun intended, I swear) into swimming's history - both its modern incarnation as a recreational activity during the early 19th-century, and the Classical era from which those 19th-century Romantics drew their inspiration, when swimming was infused with heroic, and even divine, qualities. I love to swim, and I also love books where an obsessive examines the subject of their passion in detail, so this one was perfect for me.
What‘s happening now all falls under the Neoliberalism play book doused with fascism. We‘ve been heading in this direction for decades. The Cheeto just put it into overdrive. #Thewholethingithinkitssick
Well, this was an interesting chapter. I did not need to know about that one guy‘s funeral plans. I can‘t help wondering if he actually got his wish, though.
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Did you make it through? Such a tough read right now, but also a really timely one…. 😬
so-soThis book was all over the place. The rules are OK, but too cryptically silly for the purpose. A chapter starts with a rule, but once he got into the context, I forgot what the rule was so it was hard to follow the point he was trying to make. The book was VERY religious at times, which I don‘t really relate with. I also strongly disagree with some of his takes on gender roles. Some good points of advice are clouded by the book‘s shortcomings.
so-soI had heard references to this book so many times, wanted to see what it was about. Thought it would be better after hearing it was some people‘s favorite book. It was just okay to me. Kind of boring, but noble Siddhartha learns his own lessons too late in life, and I can see the morals in it.
"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others."
Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Started reading this in bed last night. So far so good.
