Month: April 2025

Net Cord Point

Situation in which a player scores by inadvertently hitting the ball in such a way that it touches the upper cord of the net and rolls over to the other side; the player is said to have “gotten (caught) a dead net (dead net cord)” and considered to be lucky. (Wikipedia) I saw this clip …

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Of Mice and Men

Excerpts from the book of John Steinbeck “Well, Curley’s pretty handy,” the swamper said skeptically. “Never did seem right to me. S’pose Curley jumps a big guy an’ licks him. Ever’body says what a game guy Curley is. And s’pose he does the same thing and gets licked. Then ever’body says the big guy oughtta pick …

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Surrounded by Idiots

Excerpts from the book of Thomas Erikson Everything you say to a person is filtered through his frames of reference, biases, and preconceived ideas. It may feel depressing knowing that you have so little control over what your listener understands. You simply can’t change how the listener functions. No matter what method you choose to communicate …

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