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I was told today:
Oh, this guy is great. I’d take the bullet for him!
To me, this is pretty stupid. The correct logic is this:
Who in this world isn’t worth taking a bullet for him?
I fail to understand how one wouldn’t take a bullet for someone else. Anyone else.
P.S.: I don’t know how I would react in a real crisis. It’s very hard to predict such behavior. But, while writing this on the keyboard, things are simple – take the bullet. For anyone. The person certainly deserves it.
There’s an acronym called CYA (more here: Cover your ass – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) which, in my own definition, claims to be like this:
I’ll do the best I can to only do those things which will prevent me from getting any criticism.
This can be applied to ethics – instead of applying a pure & morale set of ethics, I might only do some things which will prevent me from being judged.
- But that person said it’s OK, so I did it.
- But to you it was OK?
- This is irrelevant. That other person said it. I’m covered.
How about not covered for a change? Unfortunately, while I do notice the problem, I have no current solution to this.
It’s not my fault!
Maybe it is.
I’ll give you a simple tip – whenever you read an article, and have to perform an action, like:
- Scroll down.
- Visit another web site.
, I’d suggest you first select the text you ended up reading.
Why?
- If you scroll down, it will be much easier for you to see where you’ve left reading.
- If you visit another web site and return, it will be easy for you to see where you have been the last time.
So, go & select. 
P.S.: Coca-Cola, selected locations only.
I like the projects of:
a lot. Great ideas, they can move Romania forward!
See this data from the World Bank – GDP per capita (current US$) | Data | Graph:
2009 was a poor year, 2010 was better than it. Probably 2011 was no worse than 2009/2010, or at least it’s somewhere in that area.
Specifically for Romania, see:
Yes, there is a crisis. But the economy is much better than it was in 2000, 2005, perhaps even 2007. Yes, there was a slowdown, yes there was even a reduction. But, still, it’s a much better situation than years ago.
Is there a crisis? Yes. Is it deeply affecting us? Not so much.
I told you before how you should play the lottery:
Now the question comes – should you or should you not play the lottery? +Continue Reading
According to a test by OkCupid (OkCupid | The Politics Test):
I think the self-representation results are accurate.
I created the blogs:
with the intent and with the desire of becoming more efficient / focused on results.
Today, I’m pretty good with this – what started as a goal has become, in some part, a reality.
I thought for some time that the best way to live longer (other than avoiding unhealthy habits, and aiming for healthy ones) is to aim for a good body weight – a bit lower than the average Body mass index.
It seems I was wrong, it’s much better to focus on the fitness level. So, an overweight person who is fit, may well outlive an unfit skinny person.
I’ll tell you a natural thing, which was not so natural to me until recently.
I’ve lived at Năvodari for the most part of my life until now. I’ve seen some changes in the street in front of my block, but in the recent years the changes have been more substantial.
I noticed I feel much better & happy now for the looks of the street than I was years ago. Surely, if I’d live there, instead of coming just now & then, probably I’d get used to it. But right now, I do notice a difference, which is a bit surprising to me (I thought it wouldn’t matter).
An idea from Principles of Economics: Robert H Frank, Ben Bernanke: Books (also see - One of the best single ideas I’ve seen – how to write a school manual?):
- English-speaking countries have an advantage over other countries.
This may seem counter-intuitive at first – what should be the importance of speaking English? Why would it matter if a country speaks English or Spanish or French?
Well, it does matter:
- See the movie industry, in which a lot of movies which stay well in box office charts are in English.
- A lot of the best selling of music albums are in English.
- A lot of the important newspapers / magazines are in English.
- A lot of things technology-related are in English (web sites, programming languages).
Sure, Chinese has more speakers. Sure, you can find better and more relevant books for the French people written in French, for the Italian people written in Italian. But, worldwide, it’s an advantage for a country to have English as the main language.
Ben BERNANKE is the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States.
He co-authored a book which I currently read:
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- (rarely) From one end to the other – at the cinema (rarely) or with someone at a PC (more often) or alone at a PC (rarely).
- While doing sports (with movies divided into a lots of steps).
- While eating (with movies divided into a lots of steps).
I’ve recently been in a situation in which I learned something valuable – the power of ignore.
My current situation is like this – never ignore, always act, do, work.
But sometimes, it’s over the board.
Let’s say there’s a discussion on the Internet, someone comments on something I said. The comment can be:
- Genuinely interested in receiving an answer, polite & logic.
- Anything else – impolite, sarcastic, illogical, not interested in an answer, not asking for the solution.
Until now, I tended to react to everything in the above list. Right now, I’m thinking I should much rather focus on answering the things which ask for a reply.
Is ignorance bliss? Perhaps. But how about ignoring things? This thing surely is.
I would get a credit and spend it unwisely. (with all the risks this involves)
December 20, 2011: prices for pine trees is high, they are not always available. Everybody wants one.
January 5, 2012: you can find the same pine trees in front of blocks, for free. Even the transportation is not a problem. Nobody wants one.
I don’t know. But what I think may happen:
- It will not snow in Bucharest;
- Some medical achievement will occur;
- There will be lots of fights on the political scene in Romania;
- The EURO will be stronger;
- The USD will be stonger, not so much as the EURO.
I have a bet for 2012: there won’t be an end of the year this year. In case I be wrong about this, contact me and we establish the details of payment.
I like to write dreams, it helps me remember them after a while. You won’t find below all of my dreams, but plenty enough. +Continue Reading
