No way to avoid it. We are all living through a strategic inflection point, in the Andy Grove sense (read his book, Only the Paranoid Survive). Only this time, it’s not just Intel, it’s the WHOLE WORLD. And it’s really nothing to do with the Mayan Calendar, or is it?

So, in response, I dedicate this blog to knowledge worth saving, in the spirit of the monks of the dark ages.

First up, the names of the seven dwarves: Doc, Sleepy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy, Dopey and Bashful.

Then the first in our series of critical dates: James Dean’s birthday — February 8. My note says he was 50 in 1981.

Whistler’s advice: “Simplify, reduce, stylize, heighten.”

Ingrid Berman’s philosophy: “Not to take things too seriously, always be kind to everyone, laugh a lot, and don’t make trouble for anyone.”

And this from Warren Zevon:

I’m hiding in Honduras.

I am a desperate man.

Send lawyers guns and money.

The shit has hit the fan.