Better and brighter folks than I will always be able to take any topic and turn it into an extensive discussion, dissecting every salient point into finer and finer bits. Me, I’m a big picture guy. I stand in awe of some of the discussions in blogs, but for the most part, I prefer someone who can boil it down.<\/p>\n
Take Einstein. e=mc^2. Simple, sweet. William of Ockham: “don’t needlessly multiply entities” (yeah, that one is a little obscure but only because of the language of the day) Porretto: “Islam is toxic to human life”. Each pretty much nutshells the idea, each wraps the totality in an easy to remember, descriptive phrase. <\/p>\n
I don’t have a lot of patience for people who have to drag shit out and examine every aspect until it’s dead; I do it myself inside my own head, and before someone can even begin to explain something to me I’m twenty steps ahead of them. Nutshell it, and move the hell on. <\/p>\n
This has been a source of irritation to the folks around me all my life, they begin to give me some long drawn out explanation and I stop them and continue for them: “yes, and this and that and the other thing happened, I know, but what was the end result? Nutshell it for me so I can get ON with my life!” I don’t have time for people to tell me their life stories before they get to the point. Get to the point first, if I need other details, I’ll ask for them.<\/p>\n
Most of all, if you find someone telling you a story that is longer than it ought to be, you can pretty well guess it’s gonna be a lie. Remember your childhood?<\/p>\n
Mom: “What happened to the glass door of the china cabinet?”
\nkid: “well, you remember when Aunt Daisy had that big goiter on her neck?”<\/p>\n
You know this kid is stalling, and if he can, he’ll stall until mom forgets what he did; trouble is, she never will. <\/p>\n
Give it to me straight, clear, honest. I’ll do the same for you. We’ll get by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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