In the Beginning
I don't want to immediately fall into clichés, but, to "quote" a Chinese proverb, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. So I take this first step but, knowing not where I'm going, I am probably not going to get there.
I might as well begin with criticizing the single greatest reference tool so far created, the Internet, for the above reference. Google revealed numerous websites using the Chinese proverb I quoted above, some ascribing it to Confucius (551-479 B.C.), but I don't particularly understand why he would be working in the Standard measuring system or, if he was working in an ancient Chinese systems of weights and measures, what are the chances that his translated distance would work out so neatly?
Every step that you take is the most important step as you take it, and thus I will not diminish the beginning of this Blog. However, I hope that the narrative structure becomes more coherent, both intra- and inter-post, as it progresses. And, if it doesn't, please yell loudly (at me).
I might as well begin with criticizing the single greatest reference tool so far created, the Internet, for the above reference. Google revealed numerous websites using the Chinese proverb I quoted above, some ascribing it to Confucius (551-479 B.C.), but I don't particularly understand why he would be working in the Standard measuring system or, if he was working in an ancient Chinese systems of weights and measures, what are the chances that his translated distance would work out so neatly?
Every step that you take is the most important step as you take it, and thus I will not diminish the beginning of this Blog. However, I hope that the narrative structure becomes more coherent, both intra- and inter-post, as it progresses. And, if it doesn't, please yell loudly (at me).
posted by Daniel Holzer at 4:51 PM
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