Seriously Uncool Things

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
* Failure to grasp what by now should be evident; inability to grasp nuanced inferences of what is obviously unclear; underestimating your

enemies as well as your genuine friends; undervaluing the right things; and getting 'too precious' (Harvard phrase) over the wrong things.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
obviously unclear

Having two finals in one day.

Originally posted by Raven69
Having two finals in one day.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Like field hockey and golf?

* No longer being young enough to know everything.

Failing an exam by 0.15% 😵

Originally posted by Raven69
Failing an exam by 0.15% 😵

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Appeal it if it will irreparably hurt your final grade.

Originally posted by Raven69
Nah, I still end up with a B in the class.

So it's all good. 🙂

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
How many more semesters to the finish line?

* Seriously Uncool Thing to ever presume to see a thing steady and to see

it whole, sitting there upright without flinching as the bare bulb swings...




"QUANTUM LEAP



Prefer the pain

of knowing

to the pleasures

of ignorance,



the risk of being

right to every

temporal security

of being wrong.



Awesome concept,

faith alone.

Pascal wagered.

Einstein understood."





(From 'While Boston Slept', unpublished, circa 1980)

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