C.S. (Sean) Michael

Traveler, Writer, Filmmaker. Creator of Long Long Honeymoon (55 million video views) and LOLOHO.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@miles_commodore Sometimes 1986 feels like 100 years ago 🤣

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@phluxaeternus The white helmets were worn occasionally when Bryant was head coach. Ray Perkins brought them back a couple of times in the 1980s.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

Andre the Giant vs. @MikeTyson! Who wins? @AIScottAdams finally settles this old argument my college friends and I loved to debate (usually after consuming more than a few beers). Thankfully, AI Scott agrees with my take.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@ryxcommar @jack @blocks What’s really funny is that incorrect grammar probably takes more effort than correct grammar these days, due to autocorrect and so forth. People like Jack must exert extra effort to decapiitalize their sentences. He’s probably constantly fighting AI in that respect. 🤣

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@elonmusk evil satellites?

[Naval @naval]

On Scott Adams.

A man finds, to his astonishment, that he exists. After the elation of childhood wears off, he asks, who am I, why am I here, how does this work? These are hard questions, so after a brief struggle, he selects a readymade answer and goes about the motions of life.

Scott Adams was not such a man. He was a live player, ever curious, intent on figuring out this simulation that he found himself in. From first principles, Scott unraveled, understood, and ultimately controlled his own reality. He hacked himself with affirmations, others with persuasion, the world with simultaneous sips. He explained people as moist robots, two movies happening on one screen, his world as Gods’ debris. He carved a personal mission to “be useful,” and made us all better writers, public speakers, and persuaders. He preached the footwear theory of motivation, the Adams Law of slow-moving disasters, the skill stack, systems over goals, and of course, the Dilbert Principle.

Besides cartooning, philosophizing, and teaching, Scott rose to the occasion and displayed, “the one virtue that cannot be faked” - courage. Scott had the courage to speak honestly as he saw it - about Trump, about his nation, and about his time, even though it cost him friends, audience, money, and his ticket to polite society. Scott had true courage, the kind that makes you unpopular, the kind that is always and everywhere in short supply,

At the end, as any hacker of reality, Scott covered all of his bases - he left as a Buddhist, a Christian, and a player in the Simulation.

Scott, we didn’t get enough time with you, but you were a mentor and a marvel. You were useful and you were courageous. You were incompressible and indivisible. One of a kind, and generous with your drawing, writing, and speaking. Unlike your squealing critics in the chattering class, you will be read generations from now.

On this earth there are many long-lived hells but no lasting heaven. Each heaven must be created and nurtured, ex-nihilo, from mind and from mud. Scott, you created a small heaven for us all, and to a larger heaven you go.

A man finds, to his astonishment, that he no longer exists. He asks why, what it was for, and how will the new reality work? When the rest of us get there, we’ll find Scott, ever useful, ready to explain, having figured it all out.

Notes:
• First line paraphrasing Schopenhauer.
• Courage quote via Taleb.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@whittle_shwhit @MaxCohan Coachspeak BS. The thin line quote reminds me of Shula saying “we’re close.” He said that for years after every loss.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@ClayMosley97637 @MaxCohan This roster was stacked. Look at the recruiting rankings for Alabama’s roster, and look at the recruiting rankings for Indiana’s roster. From a pure talent standpoint, Alabama should beat Indiana every time. Unfortunately, talent needs to be coached.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@rtraustin_ What’s funny is that when he was being recruited, a lot of college coaches wanted him to change positions (to linebacker or whatever). Saban told him he could keep playing running back if he wanted.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@29hoodster @JackDunkins01 There is an ancient expression in the football world: “Omnes viae Tuscalusam ducunt.” in other words, all roads lead to Tuscaloosa.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, identified as one of the shooting victims, was "a devoted Christian and a committed conservative."

The announcement was made during a service at Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama.

"Some of you haven't heard a lot of you had heard the tragedy yesterday of Brown University, the shooting, of a number of people."

"Tragically, one of our parishioners, Ella Cook, was one of those who was killed yesterday. And those of you who knew her, she was an incredible, grounded, faithful, bright light."

Governor of Alabama Will Ainsworth has also released a statement.

"Ella Cook, a sophomore student from Birmingham, was killed in the shooting at Brown University on Saturday," he said.

"Ella was a devoted Christian and a committed conservative who represented the very best of Alabama. A bright future was ended much too soon. Join me in lifting up her family in prayers of comfort."

Heartbreaking.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@WayofCraig @MattLeinartQB @ClayTravis Agreed, there’s currently a big gap between Georgia (and Ohio State and Indiana) and other teams.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@MattLeinartQB @ClayTravis Alabama is a top 12 team. They were the #1 seed in the SEC. They looked like garbage today. Obviously they would’ve been better off sitting at home like Ole Miss and Texas A&M.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@siezziee Shigeru Miyamoto

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@miles_commodore @KingHenry_2 has entered the chat

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@SSN_Alabama He had some fantastic rants on his radio show. I was in the live restaurant audience for this rant in one of Miss Terry’s extra seats! (it’s a long story) https://t.co/LIdEgVHlBc

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@TDsTake He should’ve signed Chad Powers.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Friday’s cover for The Jerusalem Post.

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@greg16676935420 Robotics and AI are going to eliminate tipping. It will be like a 20% cost discount to all diners. (Like it or not.)

[C.S. (Sean) Michael @WalkaboutSean]

@ScottAdamsSays Scott, your Third Act begins today.