More Than Words --Extreme

Saying "I love you"
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew how easy
It would be to show me how you feel

More than words

Is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real

What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying "I love you"

More than words

Now that I've tried to talk to you
And make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands
And touch me
Hold me close, don't ever let me go

More than words

Is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real

What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying "I love you"

Songwriters
BETTENCOURT, NUNO / CHERONE, GARY F.

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

These Foolish Things --Ella Fitzgerald

The winds of March that make my heart a dancer

You've Been A Good Ol' Wagon --Dinah Washington

Nobody needs a clown when a good man can be found.

Google Dude

If Google was actually a research assistant.

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Logical Fallacy #8 - Personal Incredulity

A form of Argument from Ignorance:

Arguments from incredulity take the form:
P is too incredible (or: I cannot imagine how P could possibly be true); therefore P must be false.
I cannot imagine how P could possibly be false; therefore P must be true.

These arguments are similar to arguments from ignorance in that they too ignore and do not properly eliminate the possibility that something can be both incredible and still be true, or appear to be obvious and yet still be false.

Today's Pix

My Dearest Mr Koch

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Social Progress

And the hits just keep comin'.

Via Nicholas Kristof at NYT:

In the Social Progress Index, the United States excels in access to advanced education but ranks 70th in health, 69th in ecosystem sustainability, 39th in basic education, 34th in access to water and sanitation and 31st in personal safety. Even in access to cellphones and the Internet, the United States ranks a disappointing 23rd, partly because one American in five lacks Internet access.

“It’s astonishing that for a country that has Silicon Valley, lack of access to information is a red flag,” notes Michael Green, executive director of the Social Progress Imperative, which oversees the index. The United States has done better at investing in drones than in children, and cuts in social services could fray the social fabric further.

--and--

Over all, the United States’ economy outperformed France’s between 1975 and 2006. But 99 percent of the French population actually enjoyed more gains in that period than 99 percent of the American population. Exclude the top 1 percent, and the average French citizen did better than the average American. This lack of shared prosperity and opportunity has stunted our social progress.

You can play with the charts and maps by going to the Social Progress Index website.

Have fun - Mediocrity Uber Alles!

hat tip = FB friend DR

An Important Skill Set

Knowing you're good at something requires the same set of skills as being good at something.

Being stoopid means you lack the tools necessary for knowing you're stoopid.



Goes a long way towards explaining  - oh, I dunno - Louie Gohmert, The GOP Platform Committee, Victoria Jackson, Libertarianism, ad nauseam...

The Task At Hand

How come the people in charge are so often the ones who don't know a fucking thing about what makes something work?



I can't count the number of times I've been in meetings like this.  I just wish I could honestly say I was never a good example of everybody except the guy in the blue shirt.