Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak are running a great podcast called No Agenda Which is about an hour to an hour and a half long, and it's published twice a week. As the name suggest they don't have an agenda, but conspiracy and more are often topics.
" Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose. " [- Evan Esar ] I think this is a good proverb as it encourage you and tells you that no matter what you lost, it's not an excuse for bad behavior. Cause your character who you are is so fundamental part of your core and nobody can take that away from your. As I said it also implicate that you can't blame bad character on external factors. Food for thought; I say.