Rifleman's Creed by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Video 1.
Rifleman's Creed from Full Metal Jacket
. Source. This is possibly where Ciro Santilli first came about this. But not sure, it was too long ago during good old University of São Paulo days.
Matters of small concern should be treated seriously by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
As quoted on Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) at 00:23:01:
Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall there was this one: "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly." Master Ittei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously."
TODO find exact page/section.
San Francisco Bay by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
United States Air Force by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
New Mexico by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Bird by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Public Schools Act 1868 by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
They actually abolished the original legal requirement for those institutions to have free scholars as set out by their original charity school beginnings!!! WTF!
But the broadening of scope beyond the Church of England/medieval material was a good thing at least.
Federal Bureau of Investigation by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
The old man lost his horse by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Another notable reference is in Lost Horse LLC, MacKenzie Bezos's charity instrument.
Breakdown:
  • 塞翁 sai4 weng1: TODO his name?
  • 失马 shi1 ma3: lost horse
  • 焉知 yan1 zhi1: who knows, literary
  • 非福 fei1 fu2: bad (or) good
Video 1.
Zen master and the little boy scene from Charlie Wilson's War
. Source. This is how Ciro Santilli first heard the old man lost his horse! The scene happens after the Americans seem to have had sucess in arming the Taliban in the 1980s to fight the Soviets, and then they decide to stop all monetary help to rebuild the country, which then leads to a terrorism threat many years later.
Video 2.
The Blessing of Bad Luck by Pursuit of Wonder (2022)
Source. A bit too long. But worth it.
London by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Brighton by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Four Great Classic Novels by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
In Chinese lit. just "Four Great Masterpieces".
Stone garden by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
The literal Chinese name says it all: "Fake Mountain". The stones evoke the feeling of the beautiful rock mountains of China.
The term "奇石假山" (qi2 shi2 jia3 shan1, lit. "weird shaped stone fake mountain") is also used, almost as a synonym by many people, since the stones are often chose in interesting shapes. Choosing the right stone is basically an art form in itself.
The stones used are generally limestone, which as a sedimentary rock is weaker, and more likely to be eroded into interesting shapes.
Century egg by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Figure 1.
Century eggs
. Source. One of the few Chinese things Ciro Santilli never got into!
History of the United States by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Cycling in the United Kingdom by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
The United Kingdom is a great place to cycle in general as there's plenty of small country roads and interesting new small towns to discover, perhaps much like the rest of Europe, as opposed to the United States, which likely has some huge infinitely long straight roads with a lot of nothing in between.
Of particular interest is the large amount of airfields and small air raid shelters in the fields, an ominous reminder of world war 2. The airfields are in various states, from functional military fields, many converted to civilian usage, some have barely any tarmac left but still see usage. And some were just completely abandoned and decayed and became recreation grounds and farms. The UK is therefore also a great place to be if you want to learn to fly as a hobby!
Brexit by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
There are valid reasons to be pro-Brexit, given the uselessness of the European Union.
The problem was how the campaign was conducted, in a purely nationalistic, populist and fake news manner, and largely supported by business leaders who immediately after still wanted to hire cheap foreign labour, use tax havens and move headquarters to other countries, e.g.:

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