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In other nose-related etymological news, “nostril” = “nose +‎ “thirl”. A “thirl” = “hole”, but also a “smoot”. A “smoot”, in turn, is either a “small opening built into a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through”, or alternatively 5 feet 7 inches, the exact height of this guy Oliver Smoot.

Smoot - Wikipedia

The eyes may be the “window of the soul”, but in Spanish the nostril is the “window of the nose”.

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See also: Pilates with Plato, Burpees with Borges, deadlifts with Derrida, kettlebells with Kant, Zumba with Zarathustra, CrossFit with Confucius, stepping with Seneca. There’s a market here!

My Nathan For You business idea of the day: Spinning with Sartre: a workout class where, instead of motivational platitudes, a chain-smoking French intellectual explains existentialism over increasingly ominous techno. Hell may be other people, but heaven is better glutes!

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Webb Pierce’s 1953 honky-tonk classic “There Stands the Glass” is just Chopin’s Nocturne No. 8 with a steel guitar and a drinking problem.

There Stands The GlassWebb Pierce · 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce · Song · 2001

8. Right Concentration ↔ “If you ain’t gettin’ bagged, stay the fuck from police.” Meditative concentration requires focus and an awareness of distractions. Biggie’s practical instructions, though directed toward different ends, likewise stress attention to one’s surroundings.

7. Right Mindfulness ↔ “Never keep no weight on you.” One should remain aware of one’s circumstances, attachments, and vulnerabilities. Biggie repeatedly emphasizes vigilance and the dangers of complacency.

6. Right Effort ↔ “Keep your family and business completely separated.” Both traditions recognize that discipline requires boundaries. Enlightenment—and apparently entrepreneurship—demands sustained effort and careful organization.

5. Right Livelihood ↔ … admittedly, a point of divergence. The Buddha specifically prohibited trades involving weapons, intoxicants, and harmful substances. Biggie’s career advice does not survive peer review by the monastic community.