mind

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
- AA Milne

big words

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
- Stephen King

Apple

I liked this picture in the New York Times this morning. Steve Jobs holding one of the new ipods introduced yesterday. In profile he looks old, like an old man discovering something. Looking at it intently as if looking for directions. There is also a sci-fi futuristic feel to the photo. Jobs on the deck of some spacecraft Kirk or Picard like trying to communicate with some alien life form. Great new ipods by the way, especially the much derided new “fatty nano” which I think will sell millions.