Stephen and I spent this last week at the Objectivist Conference ( OCON ) in Boston. We started out the week staying in town, but finished it off commuting. As we stayed at the Seaport Hotel at the beginning of the week when we knew almost no one, we didn’t take advantage of the social atmosphere, but were happily sequestered in our room. After getting to know a few people, we dined, drank, and were generally merry with those few. Through the classes, general sessions, and referenced symposiums (in the ancient Greek sense), I left with a calmer sense of purpose, renewed motivation, and a smoldering desire to make the world a better place. By firmly placing the moral foundation under the tremendous achievements of the Founding Fathers first in my own mind, I then hope to help do so in the minds of others who have chosen the fundamental alternative to live, turning that smolder into a bonfire. One of the most immediately motivating things I learned at OCON this week regards the light tha
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Made a career of my kids.
It only works for the present.
Whatever it is, it'll be spectacular. (6 words)
With my wife, asymptotically approaching perfection.
It sounds dirty; I like that.
Dancing is where I belong. K-14
I'm always singing in the rain. V-9
And me? I'm not done yet.
In fairness to me, Stephen did steal my personal three word tag line -
Asymptotically approaching perfection.
Then he added me to the mix. That just makes it harder for me to be mad at him for pilfering it. Not impossible, just harder.