I do feel angry about things, happy about things, annoyed about things, sad about things. Pride, however, is not natural for me. It is not that there is nothing I could point at and express pride about. I can conceive that someone might feel pride if their hard work is fruitful. I can also conceive [...]
I’ve been researching espresso machines a bit some months ago with the intent of buying one. (I’ve eventually decided against it.) I found that good machines are expensive. I also found a fairly peculiar bit of rationalization in discussion forums.
Cessna has put out a piece of propaganda containing this gem:
Study after study shows companies operating business aircraft outperform competitors that don’t.
The implication is: buy a business aircraft for your company and you’ll outperform your competitors. Dear Cessna, is this really the logic you want to espouse? Has it occurred to you that [...]
