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And of course, the "Matthew effect" Matthew 25:29 "For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath."

Two quotes: James Baldwin "Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor". That is for lots of reasons -- less time or resources to compare prices, less willingness of lenders to give credit, etc.

The free-market economy appears mathematically to be "trickle up", not "trickle down". Oligarchy is the long-term stable state of the "yard sale model" (fair trading in which the agents value the traded item as a proportion of their own individual current net wealth).

The original (Andy Capp): cdn.alphacomedy.com/37/2020/03_28_…

My wife knows she can always rely on me. If she's forgotten her key and locked herself out, she knows she can always come round to the church where I'll be practising evensong with the rest of the choir, or whatever, and borrow mine. (Andy Capp 28-03-2020)

"Do the important things well, but half-arse everything else." Dr Rohin Francis (cardiologist), Medlife Crisis, 2020.

"The past is never dead. It’s not even past." (Requiem for a Nun, William Faulkner)

tinyurl.com/y28r3tos Tears of joy. Photo: Reuters. "Tears of emotion as a young boy watches the big screen in Bernal's hometown of Zipaquira" Egan Bernal had just effectively won the Tour de France, the first Colombian to do so. [Duchenne smile (kinesics)]

"I suppose O'Hara has been on the phone and given you a pain in the sitdown, a substitute I use out of respect for your age..." Archie Goodwin in Too Many Women by Rex Stout.

Στην πραγματικότητα υπάρχουν μόνο άτομα και το κενό. (Δημόκριτος ο Θράξ - Η Τέχνη των Σοφών) - In reality, only atoms and the void.

No comment: "Ya sabemos que Marte es una especie de Extremadura, pero sin cabras." ("2001 de coña" por Francisco Umbral, El Mundo, 2001.) elmundo.es/larevista/num9…

"You never really get the smell of burning flesh out of your nose entirely. No matter how long you live." (J.D. Salinger, to his daughter)

Men are like parking spots. All the good ones are taken and the rest are handicapped. [someecards.com] ==========================

Schrödinger's cat. Wavefunction superposition - not! (Pic: catboxkingdom.com)

Somebody must have been peeping (at least 3 times by my calculation) before the box was opened. ==========================

A long, long time ago, I promised my wife, Christina, that I wouldn't put any photos of her up on Internet.

A promise that I've kept & will always keep. But the other day I came across this photo that is a perfect image of what I feel for her ...

(Touch the photo if only the top half is showing)

They are Kiran Rao & Aamir Khan, man & wife, & independent Indian film directors.

He's much younger & better looking than me, but I've got more kids. ==========================