Credo Quia Absurdum

Mar 10

What We (Economists) Do - Via Greg Mankiw’s Blog

What We (Economists) Do - Via Greg Mankiw’s Blog

Feb 15

10 Rules for a Hitman to Live By, by Tomislav Boksic

1. Don’t miss the target. People tend to get a bit upset if they notice you’re trying to kill them. 
2. Don’t waste a bullet. You have to think about the environment, too—you really shouldn’t add an unnecessary gunshot to an already noisy city. 
3. Morning is for murder. Nobody expects a bullet for breakfast. 
4. Don’t kill a priest. He who kills a man of the church will be killed by a church. 
5. Don’t confuse killing and murder. Murder is for amateurs, killing is for the professionals. 
6. If you have to take on another person’s identity, never let it be a priest. With that collar around your neck, your sex appeal is gone. 
7. When you’re dating, don’t talk about your job—unless you’re overseas. Foreign girls are crazy about guys who kill Americans. 
8. Embrace every new passport they give you. It’s always nice to get a new life now and then. 
9. Don’t kill the wrong guy. Or you’ll end up in Iceland. 
10. When in Iceland, stop the killing. There are so few of them.

Jan 30

Does Religion Cause Rape? -

“…high incidence of rape and high religiosity have the same root causes: poverty, illiteracy, a lack of education, and a lack of trust in authority. Fix these things, and both rape and religion go into decline.”

Via. MoronWatch
 - WATCHING MORONS, SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO

Jan 09

One, never trust a cop in a raincoat.

Two, beware of enthusiasm and of love, each is temporary and quick to sway.

Three, if asked if you care about the world’s problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks; he will not ask you again.

Number four and five, never give your real name… and if ever told to look at yourself, never look.

Six, never say or do anything the person standing in front of you cannot understand.

And seven, never create anything. It will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life and it will never change.

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Arthur Rimbaud - I’m not There

Dec 06

“♫ Amor y Dulzura, Fuerza y Coraje - Cuatro puntos cardinales con los que navegar. Y cuando se pierde por que siente miedo: olvida el pasado no pienso en futuro y eso es suficiente. ♫” — Cafe Tacuba - Puntos Cardinales

Dec 02

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Nov 27

“When we consider how great our sorrows seem, and how small they are; how we think we shall die of grief, and how quickly we forget, I think we ought to be ashamed of ourselves and our fickle-heartedness. For, after all, what business has Time to bring us consolation?” — William Makepeace Thackeray, The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon

Nov 13

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Nov 03

ponto de transição

Me mire en el espejo …y vi cosas.

cosas que sabia, pero por alguna razón ignoro y unas cuantas que tenia que descubrir:

que tengo par de libras de mas

que usualmente siempre ando desarreglada

que me encanta el color de mis ojos

que parezco abollada por una voladora

etc…

y pensé … que debería de pensar algo al respecto y me dije que es ridículo.

Pero pensándolo bien esto es parte de una etapa que tengo que superar. Creo que pueden ser efectos secundarios del trabajo duro y consistente. Y me alegra por que se que cada día estoy mas cerca de alcanzar mis metas.

Nov 02

The Wrong Inequality -

“If your ultimate goal is to reduce inequality, then you should be furious at the doctors, bankers and C.E.O.’s. If your goal is to expand opportunity, then you have a much bigger and different agenda.”

NYT Op-Ed Columnist David Brooks

Nov 01

“Todo lo que he sido y hecho, lo que me ha interesado, lo que he soñado y todo lo que no he podido ser, me hace insoportablemente feliz” — Joaquin Sabina

Oct 25

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Oct 02

“Cuando advierta que para producir necesita obtener autorización de quienes no producen nada; cuando compruebe que el dinero fluye hacia quienes trafican no bienes, sino favores; cuando perciba que muchos se hacen ricos por el soborno y por influencias más que por el trabajo, y que las leyes no lo protegen contra ellos, sino, por el contrario, son ellos los que están protegidos contra usted; cuando repare que la corrupción es recompensada y la honradez se convierte en un autosacrificio, entonces podrá afirmar, sin temor a equivocarse, que su sociedad está condenada.” — AYN RAND (1950)  via @manuelmontas

Sep 27

The Rocker in me wont do it your way

Sep 18

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