Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Tea and Sympathy

“They say his flesh comes off his back in Steaks,” a woman reported afterward. [More]
Sounds good to me.

And The New Yorker's attempts to diminish this as arising primarily from mercenary motivations notwithstanding, the fruits of our labors are the fruits of our lives. Siphoning sand from a closed-system hourglass that belongs to someone else can result in people realizing how limited and precious their time is.

[Via Skip]

3 comments:

Kerodin said...

Great article - thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Sam
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Defender said...

The philosopher said "Time's the stuff life is made of."
Tax Freedom Day 2011 is estimated to be in late April or early May, even if the tax reductions of the '90s are left in place. That's the symbolic day when we finish rendering unto Caesar and get to start keeping what we earn.
A third of the year belongs to the colossal shadow looming over our lives which we call "government."
Four months. 17 weeks. 680 work hours. 40,800 minutes.
And they want more.
40,000 people around the world die every day, and would give anything for just a little more... time.

Defender said...

Speeding the revolution:
People who got a little stimulus money in paychecks may find that instead of a refund they get a tax BILL.


http://headlines.verizon.com/headlines/portals/headlines.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=headlines_portal_page__article&_article=3248850

CEOs of banks and big industries exempt, of course.