Gary Garchar
@ggarchar
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There are things which cannot be fully understood because they are highly complex, or have some exotic, mystical element that simple explanation does not yield.
San Jose, CA - USA
Joined October 2009
I, like every soldier of America, will die for the freedom of the press, even for the freedom of newspapers that call me everything that is a good deal less than being a gentleman. -Dwight D. Eisenhower https://t.co/LEjdQGG23U
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Q: Is the universe friendly? A: “Subtle is the Lord; malicious He is not” is a terrific answer, and to be remembered.
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Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul. -Theodore Cuyler #exploration
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Don't forget the metagame dynamic! #tactics
Back Rank Combinations Bishop Fork Castling Discovered Attack Discovered Check Double Check Double Threat En Passant #enpassant Knight Fork Pawn Promotion Perpetual Check Pins Removing The Guard Skewers Stalemate Zugzwang
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals. Love is an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. -Oliver Goldsmith
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Development of character consists solely in moving towards self-sufficiency. -Quentin Crisp #character
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Soot Spangled Banner
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Strike pointed back up the hill down which they had just driven. Robin ducked her head so that she could see what had caught his attention. A gigantic prehistoric white chalk figure had been cut into the hillside. To Robin it resembled a stylised leopard. -Lethal White, Galbraith
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A man can't cross a hundred thousand light years, mostly in other people's baggage compartments, without beginning to fray a little, and Arthur had frayed a lot. #HitchhikersGuide
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Alien spacecraft?
On WHAT #frequency is this huge spinning structure from outer space? Both in terms of sightings and #weird vibrations.
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Aging well!
More than iron, more than lead, more than gold I need electricity. I need it more than I need lamb or pork or lettuce or cucumber. I need it for my dreams. -from The Policeman’s Beard by Racter, the first book ever written by a computer (1984)
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Anything you have to do, just get it done. Why wait? You're not getting any younger. Your life is slipping away. You don't want to spend it waiting in line. You don't want to spend it traveling back & forth. You don't want to spend it doing things that ultimately aren't part of
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