Things I've Learned While Learning Other Things

The Great Molasses TragedyShoddy Building PracticesLack of Regulatory Oversight1st Class Action Law Suit in MassachusettsItalian Anarchist Defense Fails

The Great Molasses Tragedy in BostonUnknown UnknownsProbabilities Dominated by ConsequencesHuman ErrorIncompetencyCatastrophic Risk

MelvilleCaptain AhabMoby DickWalt WhitmanOur fearful tripDoomed

MelvilleMoby DickHitlerOSS Psyche report on the FuhrerCaptain Ahab

HitlerMoby DickMelville1943 CIA psych analysis  on Hitler

StalinMad clappingCrudity magnified & horrid insultsVolatile TemperChekaWhoopee Cushions

Edward HanrahanFBI J Edgar HooverThe Black Panther Party Fred HamptonThreat to USA SecurityConfidential InformantThe Raid

MelvilleMoby Dick Captain AhabThe Pequotutter destructionCharismatic pull

StalinNervous breakdown Operation Barbarossa Zhukov

John Leonard OrrPyromaniacPyromaniaFreudSexual Arousal flames shooting up in air

MelvilleMoby DickCaptain AhabAdolph Hitler

MelvilleCaptain AhabAdolph HitlerMoby DickEloquenceObsessionmadness

Herman MelvilleMoby DickAdolph HitlerScapegoating JewsTreaty of VersaillesNovember CriminalsObsession

Herman MelvilleThe Great White WhaleCaptain AhabAlbert SpeerObsessionIshmaelCalamityThe Pequot

Humiliation of CanossaHoly Roman Emperor vs The PopeWormsConcordat at WormsSpiritual Matters vs Affairs of StateThe Rise of the Catholic Church

Humiliation at CanossaNuclear options of the Pope ExcommunicationPope Gregory VII vs Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV

Henry IV Pope Gregory VIISubmissionHumiliation at CanossaExcommunication as the Nuclear weapon in the Pope's Arsenal

Pope Gregory excommunicates Henry ivHenry iv deposes the PopeBattle of the titan over Lay InvestitureMy father excommunicates me in MauiGolf at Kapalua Bay Golf Course

Lay InvestitureThe Gregorian MovementAppointment Powers King or PopeTrump CardInvestiture Crisis 1077

Pecking Order HypothesisBulliesKick the Big Guy in the nutsThey Want What You GotShow no weakness, it emboldens competitorsDemonstrate Invincibility

Lord JimJoseph ConradMoral AmbiguityDutyCourage & CowardiceShame lasts forever

Lord JimJoseph ConradCourage & CowardiceRights & Duties Abandoning one's duties 

Voynich ManuscriptRoger BaconFamous Art ForgersNavajo LanguageDefying Understanding

The Voynich ManuscriptRoger BaconDefies understanding Even British & American Cryptologists can't figure it outEnigma MachineAlan TuringFermat's TheoremAndrew Wiles

LeadershipDuties & BurdensThe Feeling of Being AloneDuties not to be DelegatedStrict Adherence to Rules & Regulations enhances performanceand Leads To Safety of the MenMorality vs Letter of Law

Thomas CarlyleJean Paul Sartre16th Century sailorstight assed popesSexual FrustrationElvisMartin Luther

Thomas CarlyleWife Jane WelchJames JoycePubic hair

Thomas CarlyleHenry KissingerBob Dylan

Thomas CarlyleA boreNightmare at a cocktail partySelf centeredBob Dylan

WomenSmokingCultural BansFeminist MovementSigmund Freud's NephewTorches of Freedom Campaign

Thomas CarlyleThe French RevolutionOpposed abolition of slaveryGreat Man Theory of HistoryRule Britannicaand more...

Thomas CarlylePower, Strength, AuthoritarianismJohn Stuart MillMagnum OpusBurn the ManuscriptTenacityJoseph SmithAnd More...

Jean Borotra19x Grand Slam Winner6x Wimbledon ChampionFrench War Veteran WWI & WWIIPOWCollaborator with the Nazis?French Legion of HonoreeTennis Hall of FameRedemption 

Wimbledon Champion Jean BorotraVichy FranceFrench CollaborationShameVengeanceJackbooted Nazis in ParisPayback

Castle ItterWaffan SSUS Troops & Wehrmacht & French POW'sjoin together to fight SS TroopsWeirdest Battle of WWIIJean Borotra saves the dayChaos at WWII's End

Jean BorotraJoseph StalinStalin's SonStalin refuses trade for son with HitlerSachsenhausen Concentration CampCastle Itter in AustriaHigh Profile Prisoners

Jean BorotraWimbledon ChampionWar HeroSachsenhausen PrisonerNazified FranceVichy Government Minister of SportMarshal Petain

The Life of Jean Borotra, Monsieur BWimbledon Champion19x Grand Slam Winner1 of 10 Winners of the Career Grand SlamTriumphs & Travails

KoestlerSuicide pact with 3rd wife#MeToo MovementPosthumous claims of RapeRethinking a man's legacyNo Defense Possible & No proof providedSalvador Dali distinguishing fabulous art from disgusting man

KoestlerStalin, StalinismRussian Political CommissarsTotalitarianismJean Paul Artre CriticismConcentration CampsDarkness at NoonCommissar & the YogiCamus

Arthur KoestlerDarkness at NoonEvils of StalinismNY Times embarrassing CoverageWalter Duranty & his Tainted Pulitzer Prize14 years BS Coverage of wonders of RussiaNo apologies   Joe Biden was intellectually up to snuff NYTimes

Arthur KoestlerDevoted CommunistStalin Hater3 Prison Camps in 3 years in 3 different nationsStephan ZweigSuicide PactsBest Selling Author

Richard MontagueRough TradeCold CaseLiving on the Razor's EdgeDying on the Razor's Edge

Richard MontagueRough Trade Gay Sex gone badLAPD as NeantherthalsPaki BashingPerverts Got what they deserved

Richard MontagueRoth Trade Gay SexConsensual Sex Turned AssaultThe Thin line: Pleasure vs Terror

Richard MontagueDark SideRough Trade Gay SexUnpredictability & DangerViolence & Sexual Stimulation

Richard MontagueBob CraneVideo CameraEquipment StandDual LifeSex ScandalFiling escapades without prior consentBeaten to deathJohn Henry CarpenterCold Case

FUGUJapanese Samarai & Shogun EraDelicacy that will kill you1 Delicacy meal at risk of DeathEmperor HirohitoBlack Market Trade Offs1200x more poisonous than cyanide

Richard MontagueS&M WorldSex with StrangersViolenceUnpredictablility of what happens nextFUGU

Richard MontagueU Cal Berkeley UCLAPain & PleasureMixed SignalsFreudMadame CurieDante

Richard MontagueCalifornia CultureCharlie Manson EraSex with StrangersSado-MasochismLogic & illogical & irrationalViolence'Contracts' implicit / explicit violated