Not for nothing, but out of the exactly 10,450 words you have published to date on this meandering tour, nothing has revealed as much about you as the fact that you held onto - AND COULD FIND - a Massachusetts diner receipt from seven years ago. Discuss among yourselves.
Brilliant. I even have the parking stub from our 1989 dinner together at the Suburban House. You had the corned beef, cole slaw, and Russian dressing. And I had the kasha varnishkas.
Thanks for reading, your nice review, and your ringing footnote endorsement. That not only earns you a mention in next week’s column, but one in first position.
Scott - As a reformed lawyer you should know that footnotes often contain the most important points in a case! I can’t help myself — I read all of them! Really enjoy your posts. I think you may have found your calling, at least until you audit your next class in quantum physics!!
Thanks, Darrell. You're a winner. Check out next week's post for your first name and last name initial in lights. Appreciate your encouragement. Forget quantum physics. I'm coming for your securities law class at Maryland Law School.
Thanks for your courage in reading the footnote. Sorry for its length. You have earned a special mention in next week's post. I know you're going to watch the hummingbird documentary -- " a shimmering, densely layered film about love and resilience."
- You're winner -- you'll get a shout-out next week for reading the footnotes.
- You mean Rogers's 1975 article about Asilomar and his 2023 article about AI.
- But the 50th anniversary Asilomar gathering, I did not know about! Thanks for bringing to my attention (I can only meander so far) and for including a link to the article by Jon Cohen in SCIENCE. Quite amazing: "Some 300 participants from around the world—including a few who had attended the 1975 meeting—came together on 23–26 February for the follow-up, the Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology."
- As for your mom at Hopkins, I'll always remember the x-ray crystallography (I think it was) of the GENUS MARCUS.
Thanks again for reading, sharing the Asilomar anniversary article, and not Dunning me.
Well, I think there's a lot of work to do to get footnotes to work in electronic documents- particularity annoying is on e-books - where you click on the footnote, read it, click again and SOMETIMES it sends you back to where you were and sometimes it doesn't - makes my back hurt just to think about it ....
Dear Broc and Cape, So sorry about the footnote functionality. I'll have our IT team look into it. In the meantime, rest assured that you will get a call-out, as promised, in next week's post, for having waded into the footnotes. Good meandering to both of you. Scott
Dear Broc and Cape, So sorry about the footnote functionality. I'll have our IT team look into it. In the meantime, rest assured that you will get a call-out, as promised, in next week's post, for having waded into the footnotes. Good meandering to both of you. Scott
You'd think they would have figured out how to make it easy, by now - e-books have been around for 30 years .. but that would require THINKING - which is in very short supply these days.
Pleased to read that I actually skipped to Phase Four of retirement years ago; although I hadn't known until now that I am actually retired? My wife did tell me this many times over the past decade (or two) but of course I only half listened to her.
Well done, Scott; we should start a one-time book club? About lower back pain? Nope, just a rotator cuff injury whhihch means I'll again spend Opening Day in Uppper Box section 340 instead of starting for the O's this year.
Steve, Thanks for reading and for your comment, including one reference, and only one, to a physical problem. I too have never thought you retired. Your schedule, both professional and pro bono, seems very full. As for a one-time book club meeting, it is indeed time to reconvene. It would be our 5th meeting in 20 years, I believe. Scott
Yes, but it will have to wait for me ; I'm getting ready to start a course next Monday on The Scarlet Letter and Moby-Dick (Hmmm, Judy Pittenger's next one up?); perchance not one you may have been considering?
Will there be Scotch and a bundt cake if we go for it again?
Scott…when I retired, my pat answer when asked “Why,” was simple, “I’m tired.” Of course the more honest answer was that I was tired of what I was doing. Now I’m doing lots of substitute teaching high school kids and I get to question them about the mystery world of today’s teenagers. I get to laugh every day and I think that is the secret to a happy retirement AND a happy life. Please notice that neither of us mentioned one truth that is obvious…having enough money to meet one’s needs. N.B.-I said NEEDS, not WANTS…There is a distinct difference!
Thanks, Ed. Right, I did not address the financial demands, nor did Moynes, explicitly so, even though he himself was a financial advisor. I don't know whether Seligman addresses the subject. It seems to me the relative lack of resources could overwhelm all of this guidance. Carl? As for NB, I'll give that a "footnote lite," so you've earned a shout-out next week.
Your posts are simply marvelous. Just to think how much benefit you could have vouchsafed to humanity had you devoted your life to service ( like GBM and WM) instead of in the very successful albeit unnecessary pursuit of $$ wealth. ! The retirement piece is a real keeper. 😄
Thanks, Mr. Hillman. Appreciate your reading and mentioning the retirement item. You've mastered retirement, in my opinion. You raise, at least by implication, an interesting point. We should discuss live one of these days. In short, for now, I know many folks in financial services who do quite well AND whose extraordinary philanthropy has a meaningful, positive impact on those much less fortunate. And in your profession, I'm sure you know many corporate lawyers who earn a handsome living AND also do social mission pro bono work or serve on boards of eleemosynary organizations that make a significant difference in the world.
I take anything Martin Seligman preaches with a pound of salt. He is, after all, the father of positive psychology. I prefer my psychology negative, no cream or milk.
I think you’ve found your medium, Scott. You can go on and on, show your erudition and without interruption you don’t get sidetracked like we do in our breakfast and lunch get togethers. Very well done.
Thanks for your kind words and encouragement, John. (Uhm, do you have any ideas about what I can write about next week?) I think, BTW, that I'm the guilty party when it comes to sidelining our conversations. Apologies.
Not for nothing, but out of the exactly 10,450 words you have published to date on this meandering tour, nothing has revealed as much about you as the fact that you held onto - AND COULD FIND - a Massachusetts diner receipt from seven years ago. Discuss among yourselves.
Brilliant. I even have the parking stub from our 1989 dinner together at the Suburban House. You had the corned beef, cole slaw, and Russian dressing. And I had the kasha varnishkas.
"kasha varnishkas" is not a real thing - it was invented by Larry David for "Seinfeld"! But that's a hearse of another color.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasha_varnishkes
I'm really enjoying this Scott. Keep up the good work. My back too is a little stiff BTW....
Mark, Thanks for your encouragement. Much appreciated. Yeah, the back thing. Take care. Scott
Handraise. Great post. Footnotes are magic.
Thanks for reading, your nice review, and your ringing footnote endorsement. That not only earns you a mention in next week’s column, but one in first position.
Handraise
You’re a winner!
Footnotes over hummingbirds…that is easy!
Thanks for daring to read so deep. As promised, your efforts will be acknowledged next week. Hope your gardens attract many hummingbirds this spring.
Scott - As a reformed lawyer you should know that footnotes often contain the most important points in a case! I can’t help myself — I read all of them! Really enjoy your posts. I think you may have found your calling, at least until you audit your next class in quantum physics!!
Thanks, Darrell. You're a winner. Check out next week's post for your first name and last name initial in lights. Appreciate your encouragement. Forget quantum physics. I'm coming for your securities law class at Maryland Law School.
I read the footnote (but don't quiz me on its contents).
Thanks for your courage in reading the footnote. Sorry for its length. You have earned a special mention in next week's post. I know you're going to watch the hummingbird documentary -- " a shimmering, densely layered film about love and resilience."
How is your back, anyway??
Ruby-throated hummingbird only? What about the other varieties?
Nice to see Rogers' 2023 article about the Asilomar Conference, but there was a recent 50th anniversary meeting. https://www.science.org/content/article/fifty-years-after-asilomar-scientists-meet-again-debate-biotech-s-modern-day-threats
and of course my mom worked in the genetics lab at Hopkins for many decades, so in that field, I demonstrate the Kruger-Dunning syndrome.
Footnotes? Always.
- You're winner -- you'll get a shout-out next week for reading the footnotes.
- You mean Rogers's 1975 article about Asilomar and his 2023 article about AI.
- But the 50th anniversary Asilomar gathering, I did not know about! Thanks for bringing to my attention (I can only meander so far) and for including a link to the article by Jon Cohen in SCIENCE. Quite amazing: "Some 300 participants from around the world—including a few who had attended the 1975 meeting—came together on 23–26 February for the follow-up, the Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology."
- As for your mom at Hopkins, I'll always remember the x-ray crystallography (I think it was) of the GENUS MARCUS.
Thanks again for reading, sharing the Asilomar anniversary article, and not Dunning me.
Well, I think there's a lot of work to do to get footnotes to work in electronic documents- particularity annoying is on e-books - where you click on the footnote, read it, click again and SOMETIMES it sends you back to where you were and sometimes it doesn't - makes my back hurt just to think about it ....
Dear Broc and Cape, So sorry about the footnote functionality. I'll have our IT team look into it. In the meantime, rest assured that you will get a call-out, as promised, in next week's post, for having waded into the footnotes. Good meandering to both of you. Scott
I thought it was just me who did not know how to get back each time to the text where the footnote appeared
Dear Broc and Cape, So sorry about the footnote functionality. I'll have our IT team look into it. In the meantime, rest assured that you will get a call-out, as promised, in next week's post, for having waded into the footnotes. Good meandering to both of you. Scott
You'd think they would have figured out how to make it easy, by now - e-books have been around for 30 years .. but that would require THINKING - which is in very short supply these days.
Pleased to read that I actually skipped to Phase Four of retirement years ago; although I hadn't known until now that I am actually retired? My wife did tell me this many times over the past decade (or two) but of course I only half listened to her.
Well done, Scott; we should start a one-time book club? About lower back pain? Nope, just a rotator cuff injury whhihch means I'll again spend Opening Day in Uppper Box section 340 instead of starting for the O's this year.
Steve, Thanks for reading and for your comment, including one reference, and only one, to a physical problem. I too have never thought you retired. Your schedule, both professional and pro bono, seems very full. As for a one-time book club meeting, it is indeed time to reconvene. It would be our 5th meeting in 20 years, I believe. Scott
Yes, but it will have to wait for me ; I'm getting ready to start a course next Monday on The Scarlet Letter and Moby-Dick (Hmmm, Judy Pittenger's next one up?); perchance not one you may have been considering?
Will there be Scotch and a bundt cake if we go for it again?
THE HYPHEN !!
Scott…when I retired, my pat answer when asked “Why,” was simple, “I’m tired.” Of course the more honest answer was that I was tired of what I was doing. Now I’m doing lots of substitute teaching high school kids and I get to question them about the mystery world of today’s teenagers. I get to laugh every day and I think that is the secret to a happy retirement AND a happy life. Please notice that neither of us mentioned one truth that is obvious…having enough money to meet one’s needs. N.B.-I said NEEDS, not WANTS…There is a distinct difference!
Thanks, Ed. Right, I did not address the financial demands, nor did Moynes, explicitly so, even though he himself was a financial advisor. I don't know whether Seligman addresses the subject. It seems to me the relative lack of resources could overwhelm all of this guidance. Carl? As for NB, I'll give that a "footnote lite," so you've earned a shout-out next week.
Does N.B. Carry the required weight of adding a footnote?
Scott,
Your posts are simply marvelous. Just to think how much benefit you could have vouchsafed to humanity had you devoted your life to service ( like GBM and WM) instead of in the very successful albeit unnecessary pursuit of $$ wealth. ! The retirement piece is a real keeper. 😄
Thanks, Mr. Hillman. Appreciate your reading and mentioning the retirement item. You've mastered retirement, in my opinion. You raise, at least by implication, an interesting point. We should discuss live one of these days. In short, for now, I know many folks in financial services who do quite well AND whose extraordinary philanthropy has a meaningful, positive impact on those much less fortunate. And in your profession, I'm sure you know many corporate lawyers who earn a handsome living AND also do social mission pro bono work or serve on boards of eleemosynary organizations that make a significant difference in the world.
“Organ recital” velly witty
I take anything Martin Seligman preaches with a pound of salt. He is, after all, the father of positive psychology. I prefer my psychology negative, no cream or milk.
Thanks, JC. I take your point about Seligman. Funny.
I think you’ve found your medium, Scott. You can go on and on, show your erudition and without interruption you don’t get sidetracked like we do in our breakfast and lunch get togethers. Very well done.
Thanks for your kind words and encouragement, John. (Uhm, do you have any ideas about what I can write about next week?) I think, BTW, that I'm the guilty party when it comes to sidelining our conversations. Apologies.
I am considering only reading the footnotes
You’ve earned a special mention in next week’s post.
Scott
Very impressive.
Lots for RCB to edit!!
Mark
Oh, no! Typos, punctuation, footnoting errors? Thanks for reading. Appreciate your comment.