The two things about Blogs

1.  99% of it is crap

2. 99% of everything is crap

http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/thetwothings.html#The%20Story%20of%20the%20Two%20Things

The site above is called THE TWO THINGS, and predicated on the notion that:
  

For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not important.”

For instance.  In the field of economics those two things might be:
1. Incentives matter.
2: There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”

It all began as a game that economist/professor/writer Glen Whitman liked to play (after it was played on him) with people he met and would ask to identify The Two Things about their profession, field of study, interest etc. that together pretty much summed up all one needed to know ..and here's a sampler of what he (and then many readers of his blog) came up with ...

The Two Things about Innovation:

1. Innovation is inversely proportional to organizational strength.

2. Organizational strength increases with time. 

The Two Things about Art Criticism:
1. If it isn't novel, critics aren't interested.
2. If it is novel, no one else is interested.

The Two Things about Biology:
1. Evolution is the process through which genetic structures that are better equipped to reproduce viable copies will tend to proliferate.
2. Except for the Platypus. 

The Two Things about Science:
1. Artifactual data proves nothing.
2. All data is artifactual. 

The Two Things about Studying Philosophy:
1: Nobody was right.
2: Everything is relative.

The Two Things about Medicine:
1.  Do no harm.
2.  To do any good, you must risk doing harm. 

The Two Things about Civil Engineering:
1. Dirt + Water = Mud.
2. You can’t push a rope.

The Two Things about Public Relations

1.  Perception is reality.
2.  Perception is rarely reality.

The Two Things about Building Code Enforcement

1. Our way or

2. No way

The Two Things about Being a House Husband:
1. That can wait until tomorrow.
2. That can too.

The Two Things about Creativity:

1.  God is in the details.   
2.  The devil is in the details.

The Two Things about Driving:

1.  Don't hit anything.   
2.  Don't let anything hit you.

But Whitman hasn't updated his site for a while since beginning  a new career as a TV writer. The Two Things about TV writing, he said are, "Character, character, character" and, "Nobody cares about character if the plot makes no sense".  So I offer here to pick up the slack and put my own "Two" cents in. 

The Two Things about Television News.
1.  The people delivering it are always attractive
2.  The news they're delivering is always hideous.

The Two Things about Winter Blizzards
1.  They're glorious, beautiful and provide hours of joyful recreation.
2.  Unless you're watching  the TV news coverage. 



The Two Things about Hollywood Movies.
1.  They're made with and for money.
2. Talent & intelligence are optional.

The Two Things about the Stock Market.
1.  Nobody knows anything
2.  Anyone who knows something is cheating

The Two Things about Dogs.
1.  Food .
2.  Got any more food?

The Two Things about Air Travel.

1. Security will spend 20 minutes searching for the contraband you don't have.

2. Security will always miss finding the contraband you do have. 

The Two Things about Trendy Restaurants.

1.  It will be too noisy to hear the table conversation.
2.  It will be too dark to read the check.

The Two Things about Public Television
1.  The business side is all about Corporate Funding. 
2.  The programming side is all about Corporate Funding.

The Two Things about Golf.
1. Swing down and the ball will go up.
2. Ok.  Now let's try that again.

*The Two Things about Music.
1.  There are no wrong notes.
2.  Except for the notes that follow. 
*(A Miles Davis observation)

The Two Things about  trying to write a "Two Things" thing.
1.  The first thing is usually easy
2.  The second thing just makes you think of a third thing.

Gonna take another extended hiatus to recharge my batteries...

hope to reconnect in a week or so.