I never buy anything unless I can see a clear path to a 50% gain.
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.