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2 Apr, 9 tweets, 2 min read
Thread. Found some great old photos from 1900-1913 of the Collège d’Athlètes in Reims.

Take a look at these, and you will see what we have lost. Note the classical garb on some. This is the true spirit of our ancestors.

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14 Feb
I'm no financial guy. I'm no wizard. I'm just a country lawyer. I only have a few investing rules:

1. Never invest in anything you can't understand, or can't explain to someone else.

2. It isn't enough to buy at the lows. You have to see positive change coming.
3. Never get greedy.

4. Get away from the herd. Don't follow the financial press. Or if you do, see it as entertainment.

5. Seek singles, doubles, and triples, not home runs.
6. Do your own homework. When you do, you'll find out you know more than anyone else.

7. Avoid collectibles and art. Too volatile and speculative.

8. Avoid tech stocks, complicated derivatives.
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6 Jan
1. All right, gang. Before I knock off, one final thread on 1920s threads, just so you can see what great taste & style your great-granddaddies had. And how far we've sunk since then.

Here we go. Roll 'em....
2. Here is Rudolf Valentino (left), W.S. Hart, and Douglas Fairbanks (right) in 1925. Look at the custom fit on Valentino's suit. Perfect fit.
3. An expressive color photo of author F. Scott Fitzgerald. He's got a knit tie and what looks like a thick wool suit.
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5 Jan
1. Going to do a thread here on a couple observations of men in 1920s and 1930s photos.

The first big thing I've noticed is:

1. Men wore suits and "formal" attire everywhere, even places you would never think of today, like the beach, wilderness, snows, etc.

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26 Aug 20
1. People think that the American Revolution was some sort of effete, powdered wig affair. Nothing could be further from the truth. It was a brutal, savage, extended conflict. Countless towns & villages were torched or depopulated. The British in those days crushed people.
2. They brought in Hessian mercenaries who would run you through with a bayonet and laugh about it. They brought in Highlanders who were fiercely loyal to the King and hated Americans. Read the books...it's all there.
3. The founding fathers put their asses on the line. It was no joke. Every one of them would have been hanged, had John Bull got his hands on them. Ever wonder why John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence with such a huge flourish?
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14 Aug 20
1. My point: you never abandon the field. You never give up your prized slot.

Yeah, sure, classes will be online. So what. Roll with it. Grip it & rip it. Things were moving in that direction anyway for years, and that's just how it is. No use whining about the past.
2. Changes happen. They've happened to my profession too: hearings, legal education classes, etc. You have to deal with it.

In reality, humans adjust. If you're in a city surrounded by a lot of students, things will happen. You have to be there to take advantage...
3. ...of the opportunities. If you're at home, or off skylabbing it somewhere, you'll miss out. A lot of this "online" stuff is just ass-covering window-dressing that the big corps use to protect themselves. Education is changing and you have to roll with it.
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6 Aug 20
My personal list of favorites films of the past 20 years. In no particular order, except the first one, which is my all-time favorite.

And here...we...go....
1. The Lives of Others (2006).
Not only the greatest German film ever made, but one of the most sublime studies of heroism and self-sacrifice ever put on the screen. The heroism here is quiet and understated, but redemptive and life-changing. Not to be missed.
2. Un Prophete (2009).
A crime drama so engaging, so realistic, that you can't take your eyes off the screen. An adrift young man is transformed from a petty crook into a mafia boss.
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