Author: David Schwarm
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May 27
The love of noise and excitement in modern civilization is due in part to the fact that people are unhappy on the inside. Noise exteriorized them, distracts them, and makes them forget their worries for the moment. There is an unmistakable connection between an empty life and a hectic pace.
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May 26
We must keep going at anything we do until we get our second wind. One enjoys a mountain climb more after passing through the first mountain of discouraged exhaustion. One becomes more interested in a job or work after the fist impulse to drop it has been overcome.
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Hyacinth and the mycelial network
Keys From The Golden Vault live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the Stygian Gambit–a casino heist. This week everything goes to hell (literally) as the heroes battle their way out of the vault and through a portal to Ravnica! Yes, enter the Magic the Gathering metaverse. Our second-level heroes –…
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A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter My rating: 4 of 5 stars I took A fantastic book to SARGE (my book club) from the Better than Food YouTube video. It is sexy in a kind of old-school James Bond type of way. Fun and easy to read–good European voyages. View all my reviews
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Introducing Go: Build Reliable, Scalable Programs by Caleb Doxsey
Introducing Go: Build Reliable, Scalable Programs by Caleb Doxsey My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love O’Reilly Press–reading these books takes me back and joys me. I have many of them and have started reading a page or two days while logging in at the office. It brings me joy. This book was not…
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May 24
Unfortunately, many have become so enamored of the gifts the Great Giver of Life has dropped on the roadway of life that they build their cities around the gift, and forget the Giver.
David Given Schwarm 