Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of my retirement from the business of being a Good Fellow. I use the word “business” advisedly. Until five years ago, if the city directory had told the truth, it would have listed after my name, as my real occupation, something like, “General Attender to Things,” or “Pinch Hitter,” or “Fine Old Scout.” I hope I am entitled in some measure to these designations even to-day. But I have quit being an accommodator and nothing else.
Schlagwort: Prioritäten
Good Fellow Inc.
The present present.
Als we dan voor elkaar, met elkaar
aanwezig zijn, hoeven we verder niets
te doen. Samen aanwezig rustig wachten,
dat is alles. Samen weten dat niets hoeft.
Dan kunnen we het wonder laten gebeuren
vanzelf, zoals met wonderen altijd.
Fahrgastrechtsfall.
The idea of graceful failure is underrated.
Apps VS. Programs.
The bigger the screen, the more stuff people do in a browser nowadays.
Wire-, not Fibreheads.
I think that might be just it – we are not equipped to deal with all the feelings in the world, at all times. It’s good to be informed and to empathize with the suffering of the people who go through war and need our help – and it’s good and necessary to rationalize that empathy into action, it’s good to feel happy about a friend’s promotion, or at least feel a smile at the birth of a niece of a former school colleague – but please, don’t expect me to be plugged into it all the time, to feel everything with the intensity the reaction buttons suggest. I can’t feel for all of you, all the time. And to say otherwise would just be a lie.
Juliana Silva: Limited Stock (In: Immaterial Labour Union zine, Issue #6)