‘Planners had concluded that Overlord had scant chance of success if the enemy received even 48 hours’ advance notice, and “any longer warning spells certain defeat.”’

Ralph Wiley explores baseball in the East Bay

“The very funny religion writer Anne Lamott describes the three essential prayers as being “Help,” “Thanks,” and “Wow.” Through meditation and mindfulness practices, secularists can do “Help,” “Thanks,” and “Wow” in their own way.”

“A lot of comedy is going the extra step,” Handey continued. “An unfrozen caveman was funny — but that’s not enough.”

and rejects ‘Us’ vs ‘Them’

“the source of the violence they inflict seems to be the same. They all feel _entitled_ to commit violent acts because of their self-conceptions as men, which are in turn supported by their subcultures”

"Almost always great new ideas don’t emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before. And most universities are organised so you don’t have those intersections. They are siloed"