In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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Faking it
Tue, 2008/02/26 - 4:28pm — Benjamin MelançonWe're all fakers. Successful people have just been better fakers for longer.
To control our world
Tue, 2008/02/26 - 4:26pm — Benjamin MelançonFor one person to seek to control the world is a crime. For everyone to seek to control our world is justice.
Busy as a stand in for smart
Tue, 2008/02/26 - 3:27pm — Benjamin MelançonBeing insanely busy has its advantages. I sound smarter, because I can't write as much.
Arts are communication
Tue, 2008/02/26 - 3:21pm — Benjamin MelançonThe Arts are a rich form of communication that allows us to meet, understand, and accept each other.
Freedom to
Tue, 2008/02/26 - 3:19pm — Benjamin MelançonAmerica touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you’ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn’t belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don’t care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.
Half a brain
Tue, 2008/02/26 - 3:06pm — Benjamin MelançonIf you had half a brain you'd be dangerous.
Touching
Mon, 2008/02/25 - 10:19am — Benjamin MelançonI am a firm believer that people need to be touched more.
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The successful among us are just more persistent at faking knowing what they are doing.