Some really random thoughts today:
In some sports, it's only possible to have a high quality performance two or three times a year. For some people, this means that it's only worthwhile to participate in two or three competitions a year. I'm impressed by baseball players and basketball players because they have incredibly hard schedules, and poor performance in just one can have adverse career impacts.
From volume you can derive quality. At least if you are collecting data. That seems to be one of the lessons from Nate Silver.
Consistency should be strived for if excellence is a goal, but there will inevitably be poor performances. Move on from those.
This post feels like a fortune cookie.
I have mixed feelings about the film Oldboy. I'm deeply skeptical of Spike Lee doing an American version.
I don't have much interest in any other summer movies. Just biding my time until the next installment of The Hobbit.
Oldboy is the sort of film (like Caligula, Edipe Re, Snowtown Murders, etc.) that should negotiably be done once, and I'm very grateful that it was and beg for no second attempt. Especially through Spike Lee's myopic eye.
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