On Work (again)

On work.

It's always so tempting to retire into the pleasures of little minds, but... ffs...  that is even more boring than suicide. I try to stay calm and look for greater entertainment, while I can stomach it.

I really feel bad for telling familiar women that I would value their time as lovers, but not much as friends. But it's the truth. I have categories of value in business, food, sex, and study, but none for mere conversation. Even Facebook's concept of friendship is ludicruous to me, as I use it mostly to keep track of business acquaintances. Hence the URL.

What does one do in the absence of interesting categories? One makes the present categories more interesting. Therefore as some people say, the work, the work...

(Having slept on that, I am reminded that "casual conversation" is a tool for pleasure, when conversants are learning something about something that they are already interested in.)

Outsourcing Must Die

The more I see of the software outsourcing industry, the more I pray for its eventual obsolescence. If it's hard to build machines that we can rely on, then we're all doing it wrong.

Destruction returns to my mind.

Ehehe.

Which Martial Arts are Reasonable?

How about you start by considering the end goal of martial arts. You may pick among defense, destruction, body building, health, and showsmanship for starters. Then consider the structure of the human body, from bones to muscles and nerves. Then apply yourself to the question of how any transformation T on the set Body serves to achieve the chosen end goal. You will quickly learn about the reasons behind any set of Ts which may be referred to as a "martial art".