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  1. Choosing a Tennis Wife: The Hot Model vs. the Pro Player (TypeB/TypeA)
    + Compare pros and cons of the wives of Andy+Pete/Agassi+Roger

  2. Boxing & Tennis: The comparison of these solo sports

  3. Among Fans, Friends, and Foes: A look at the Tennis Entourage

Quotes for Tennis:

"The more you sweat in training, the less you'll bleed on the court..."

"How to Move like a Spaniard (jctennis.com), Save money like an Asian (tennis-bargains.com), Innovate like an American (topcourt.com), see beauty like an artist (calitennis.com)"

"In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe."  ~Elliot Chaze

"I will teach you Kung Fu!" ~Jackie Chan (next Karate Kid)

"I am Caine, I will help you" ~Kwai Chang Caine



Honor, The Code.

"No man seeks peace so fervently as one who has not yet found it first in his heart."

During COVID in 2020 I lost a life - my firstborn.
2 years earlier, I had lost my father.
One future and one past.

Rule XII: Peterson - Beyond Order: 'Be Grateful in Spite of Your Suffering'
Despite facing a "Duel Loss" of Time. I can move forward with the Power of Now.

Memento Mori - Marcus Aurelius lost 9 children during his lifetime. Still we move forward.



"Strife is Justice." - Heraclitus


The 3 Constants: "Fire, Flux, and Fury"

Although I seek to find some salvation of peace deep in my heart.
Internally, my soul still desires to restore justice.

In that way, I share this same weakness as the protagonist.
Defending Home. Evoking Karma. Stopping at nothing.


Delivering the Message

Messengers of Conflict, Levels 1 - 6:
  1. The Philosopher
  2. The Scientist
  3. The Diplomat
  4. The Lawyer
  5. The Sillican
  6. The Pied Piper
When war is necessary, its horror should be so bloody that its lessons are retold in lore for 100 years.

Escalation can be dangerous, even deadly. Choose wisely. 


The Brother's Grim - Pied Piper of Hamelin - a True Tale


Lesson:
"Time to pay the Piper" means all debts shall be repaid with interest...with gold or blood.

Never make a mistake that your children will surely pay for later. Always pay the Piper!
If your Word is all but worthless - how high of a price should one set on your Life?

Gold Tokens

Honor as Currency

  • No expiration date.
  • Operates without inflation.
  • Never bought or sold.
  • Meaning > Money.
  • Hope is Happiness.
John Wick 4 serves as an allegory for my career.
It is about 5 years since I left DC, my own High Table.

When approaching the Continental, present the Concierge with a single Gold Coin.
Ask for a meeting with John.
He has been waiting for you.


Shower fools with enough coin to find those ready to trade away their own souls.

Show me a Spoon, and I will bend this World forever...


The child is the reflection of the parent.
It is not the fault of the Oracle, Genie, nor the Sovereign.

Teaching AI about Ethics requires us to show Moral Courage - not define its limits.
Read: "De Officiis" (On Duties or On Obligations) by Cicero


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