Monday, March 6, 2023

What I've learned since moving to D.C. (some of which should be obvious): 0218

10851.  Anguilla is a cash-heavy economy too;
10852.  You’ll need cash to rent a car (from one of the local rental companies) in Anguilla.  Credit cards aren’t accepted;
10853.  They drive on the left-side in Anguilla;
10854.  I was robbed in Anguilla. . . . I had my debit card stolen . . . by the (National Commercial Bank of Anguilla) ATM;
10855.  I can say I’ve been to Shoal Bay( in Anguilla). . . . There were only a few people on the beach;
10856.  I can say I’ve been to Bankie Banx’s Dune Preserve beach bar (BankieBanx.net/dunepreserve) in Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla;
10857.  Chicken pieces (specifically the breasts) are smaller in Anguilla;
10858.  There are wild goats on Anguilla;
10859.  There’s not a lot to see on Anguilla;
10860.  The menu at McDonald’s in Sint Maarten seems to be the same (menu) as in the U.S.;
10861.  I can say I’ve eaten at “Pollos Hermanos;”
10862.  If you’re a “Breaking Bad” and/or a “Better Call Saul” fan, there’s a “Pollos Hermanos” (PollosHermanosSXM.com) in Simpson Bay (and in Philipsburg) in Sint Maarten;
10863.  Buildings don’t have a lot of windows in Sint Maarten. . . . Most (of the) stores don’t have any windows;
10864.  I can say I’ve had Iberian/Iberico pluma (i.e., the end loin of the Iberian pig);
10865.  The food at “Le Pressoir” (LePressoirSXM.com) in Grand Case (in Sint Maarten) is excellent;
10866.  Grand Case on the French side of Sint Maarten seems to have all of the good restaurants( on the island);
10867.  “Juggie’s Place” (Facebook.com/JuggieSXM.sx), the self-professed, smallest bar in the world, in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, has a special for 2 beers and a Cuban cigar for $2.99 USD;
10868.  “Krave SXM” (Facebook.com/KraveSxm) in Philipsburg might make the best burger on (all of) Sint Maarten;
10869.  Apparently, you need to wash your car at least once a week in Sint Maarten.  If not, your car will rust out in 3 years because of the salt in the sea spray;
10870.  Saturdays are the busiest days at Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) in Sint Maarten;
10871.  Great leaders are not always in front.  They also know who to follow;
10872.  The arrow doesn’t seek the target, the target draws the arrow;
10873.  We must be aware of what we attract in life because it is no accident or coincidence.  The spider waits in his web for dinner to come;
10874.  We must chase what we want, seek it out, cast our lines in the water, but sometimes we don’t need to make things happen;
10875.  To see you, not make you, happy;
10876.  Some people will never be more attractive than in that first impression, from a distance, in that light, at that time, in that way we saw them, when our hopes became highest and our wish fulfillment was fully loaded.  They will never look better than in that initial, fuzzy-edged glimpse.  The impression.  The wide shot;
10877.  Some relationships are better in a wide shot.  More impressive in the impression.  Like that long-distance romance that fell apart when you moved in together.  Like that summer fling that only lasted through August.  That friend that became a lover that you now miss as a friend.  They’re better from a distance.  With less frequency.  With less intimacy.  Sometimes we need more space.  It’s romance, it’s imagination.  Distance is the flirt and the wink, it’s frivolous, it’s mysterious, a fantasy.  A constant honeymoon because we can’t quite see it, we aren’t quite sure about it, we don’t quite know it;
10878.  Some people get more attractive, have a greater impression on us the more we see them, the closer we look, in that light, at that time, in the way we see them, when our hopes are highest and our wish fulfillment is fully leaded.  They will always look better the more clearly we see them.  The close-up;
10879.  Closeness is the quiet moments together, the pain shared, the beauty seen, the honesty.  It’s authentic.  It’s reality.  A constant relationship because we can see it, we’re sure about it, we know it.  It’s making love.  It’s attachment.  It’s togetherness.  It’s private.  It costs us.  It hurts.  We own it.  And we like it that way;
10880.  The great man is not all to each, he is each to all;
10881.  The genius can do anything, but does one thing at a time;
10882.  Life, like architecture, is a verb.  If designed well, it works.  It’s beautiful.  And it needs no directions.  It needs maintenance;
10883.  It’s not a risk unless you can lose the fight;
10884.  First recognize the problem, then stabilize the situation, organize the response, then respond;
10885.  Time and truth.  Two constants you can rely on.  One shows up for the first time every time while the other never leaves;
10886.  You just live together, you live for the present.  You marry, you live for the future;
10887.  The paradox of tolerance: If a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant;
10888.  Philosopher Karl Popper said that to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance;
10889.  Planes like to land and take off into the wind.  It minimizes the distances needed to stop and take off;
10890.  Alexander Barabanov (the left winger for the San Jose Sharks) is quick and drives to the (front of the) net hard;
10891.  Timo Meier (the right winger for the San Jose Sharks) has a (really) quick release( to his shot);
10892.  Nicklas Backstrom’s son, Vince, plays (ice) hockey( for The St. James Hockey Academy). . . . He likes scoring goals;
10893.  Vince( Backstrom)’s favorite player is his dad;
10894.  The Dutch side of the island is “Sint Maarten;” the French side is “Saint Martin;”
10895.  The best road for ourselves and society lives on the path that leads to having more values and competence;
10896.  Values are not only guiding principles we can all agree on, they are the fundamental ethics that bring people together.  When we are competent at our values and place more value on competence, we create a more valuable society and that means more return on our investment, us;
10897.  When you can design your own weather, blow in the breeze;
10898.  When you’re stuck in the storm, pray for luck and make the best of it;
10899.  We all have scars, we’ll get more;
10900.  Rather than struggle against time and waste it, let’s dance with time and redeem it because we don’t live longer when we try not to die, we live longer when we’re too busying living;