DK and Tempo seal the deal when Tempo promised to abandon his quest for the final insult with the historical words "I can't beat Shakespeare anyway".
I wrestled myself through the mud of the first two chapters of part II of My System. Part II contains the real meat. It is pretty incomprehendsible, so it might going to be a long journey. The work carries all flaws from a genius who has just discovered great idea's, but struggles with the pedagogic aspects of his writings. Since the book was first published in 1925, I'm inclined to think that somebody has rewritten his stuff in a way suitable for us mere mortals. Does anybody know that?
The work carries all flaws from a genius who has just discovered great idea's, but struggles with the pedagogic aspects of his writings.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, it's like reading your blog. :)
doesnt quite look like me, but the amount of hair is a very good approximation.
ReplyDeleteas Taimanov once said, "at least i still have my music" after his 0-6 loss to Fischer. i say, 'at least i still have my photo library in wait'.
My lookalike is just as pigheaded as me.
ReplyDeletei feel threatened in a big way.
ReplyDeletei had the lead in photos, and for a long time, had many fine dogs, but just cannot find good cats, and, 'what do you know!' temposchlucker comes out with good cat photos, creating a 'cat gap' or, as peter sellers in the now well known and famous Doctor Strangelove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVPduOOODzo
says, Ve mush not half a mine schaft gapp!'
i feel jeapordized, and need to get back into gear.
once i get over this severe flu turned horrid stomach virus, i will one up you good!
my Okinawan Kempo Kobudo teacher, Sensei Vic Coffin
(yes, that was his real name, or as my first Gurdjieff teacher said who met him, 'he is quite a specamin'--who was a U.S. special forced Marine, one of those guys that the submarine drops of in the night, then pulls some guys head off with wire, hiding in bushes with snakes crawling all around him as he told us, tears and sobbing pouring from his eyes)
always said: 'what is th first rule of men? ALWAYS make them pay; ladies, the second rule of men, alway, always make them pay, the third rule, LADIES, ALWAYS...!!!'
the second thing he always said was:
'dont get mad; get even'.
For me, the main point in part 2 is prophylaxis, in particular by a good control of the center. Good point. You just build a water-tight position and leave no major weaknesses to be attacked by the opponent. As a rule, he will be forced to weak moves, and these you are going to exploit.
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