Palin plans space trip
I can’t wait to see Russia from my window! – Weekly World News, April 2011 d.c.k. Continue reading Palin plans space trip
Category: Quotes & Opinion
“I am so smart, s – m – r – t” – Homer J. Simpson
Bull-Shxxxer, Duke Ellington
“To be a great bull-shitter is great, but to be a great bull-shitter and wear a diffusing veneer over the bullshit is the ultimate”. Duke Ellington, March 1967. d.c.k. Continue reading Bull-Shxxxer, Duke Ellington
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.” -Will Rogers
“You are a hybrid – half idiot half moron!”
The Simpsons (again…). d.c.k. Continue reading “You are a hybrid – half idiot half moron!”
‘A guy from out of town…’ – An American Perspective
As my luck has it, the one time I am in Chicago and want to go for a walk along Michigan Avenue, there are large gatherings of people and police making crossing the street at certain places very challenging if not impossible (barricades set up, etc.). My question to one of the members of the … Continue reading ‘A guy from out of town…’ – An American Perspective
Thank you god for making me an atheist!
Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globe Awards 2011 d.c.k. Continue reading Thank you god for making me an atheist!
“The French don’t have a word for ‘entrepreneur’.” —George W. Bush
My motto for 2011: Dream specifically, dread vaguely.
It’s not how loud you make it, it’s how you make it loud!
Bob Katz on mastering audio. http://www.digido.com/articles-demos.html d.c.k. Continue reading It’s not how loud you make it, it’s how you make it loud!
Attention to detail!
It only takes an extra minute to get it done right, but it takes hours to fix a mistake. Bob Katz in “Mastering Audio”. We would be in so much less trouble if more people were to adhere to this principle (anywhere, not only in audio mastering). I hope I will remember this when it … Continue reading Attention to detail!
Science is meaningless without art – Roger Nichols
How is American beer like making love in a canoe? It’s f***ing close to water.
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
Baths, wine and sex…
Baths, wine and sex ruin our bodies. But what makes life worth living except baths, wine and sex? —Corpus Inscriptionis VI, 15258 d.c.k. Continue reading Baths, wine and sex…
There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life.
Karl Popper, philosopher of science (1902-1994) Continue reading There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life.
“I’m having the time of my life not being your President”
George W.Bush, on not missing the limelight of his former job. As reported by the Time Magazine on October 08, 2010. d.c.k. Continue reading “I’m having the time of my life not being your President”
Good rice good curry, good Ghandi let’s hurry!
Quote from Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Ph.D. in ‘The Simpsons’. d.c.k. Continue reading Good rice good curry, good Ghandi let’s hurry!
Alan Greenspan – FT 06-October-2010
“[…] It is going to take years to address the unprecedented complexity of final rulemaking required in the massive Dodd-Frank bill. The inevitable uncertainty engendered will inhibit financial innovation and intermediation, and render the rules that will govern a future financial marketplace disturbingly conjectural. This is bound to have a significant impact on economic growth. … Continue reading Alan Greenspan – FT 06-October-2010
Complexity and nature.
Given the complexity and fundamental unpredictability of nature, an approach that is coarse and less complex may be the best long-term risk management strategy. Continue reading Complexity and nature.
Daniel Kölsch - Saxophones, Clarinet & Flute 