Quotes of the day, May 23
When profits are pursued by geographic interchange of goods, so that commerce for profit becomes the central mechanism of the system, we usually call it "commercial capitalism." In such a system goods are conveyed from ares where they are more common (and therefore cheaper) to areas where they are less common (and therefore less cheap). This process leads to regional specialization and to division of labor, both in agricultural production and in handicrafts.
March 17
Mom. She always says to look at the big picture. How all of the little things don't matter in the long run. . . I know that Mom is right about the big picture. But Dad is right too: Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other. The dots matter.
March 16
Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.
March 15
I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.
March 14
Reality and Fiction are different in that fiction has to make sense.
March 13
I like all my characters in one way or another, or at least I understand them.
