It's one of them dreary, rainy beach mornings. The rain kept me awake all night. On and off. When it just rains it's great. You know, that soul searching trickle that seems to calm and subdue. But blasts of rain here and there? No fun. Until morn when mother wants her pancakes. I grab her … Continue reading End Of The Beginning
Year: 2014
Solar vs Fracking
Found my (worst)self at a community meeting yesterday where a solar project was being presented to members. Living in Germany gave me a bit of an advantage, since that country is somewhat ahead in utilizing the sun for power--even though the friggin sun rarely shines there. What astonished me about this meeting was how the audience, mostly retired … Continue reading Solar vs Fracking
Down With The Old
No. Seriously. Who is criticizing Amazon? Could the critics be those who are in favor of the old economy artificially and coercively maintaining the status-quo in the publishing world? Ok. Let's face the music here. I for one am tickled to now be a regular buyer of e-books. It's been three years since I've bought … Continue reading Down With The Old
Skip The Buck
Where does the buck stop? Does it stop with the lie or with a truth? Or does it stop when both lie and truth are made to merge? Enter Christopher Hitchens. The grand debunker of lies and grandest debunker of truths dictated by religious nut-bags (which are ultimately lies). What is it that makes me … Continue reading Skip The Buck
Actors
When actors look at themselves you know they are acting for only one person more than their audience. Or something like that.
Fail Not Alone
America was a country founded by failures who could not get along in the Old World and who came to a wilderness because there was simply no place else to go. A fascinating article that I wish I read when it was first published in 1976. Wow. What was I wasting my youth on in 1976? … Continue reading Fail Not Alone
Struck Who Most
On way back from PHL airport yesterday I was struck by two things. 1) There was no traffic on July 4 in and around the southern part of Philadelphia--even though I was expecting hell-traffic on account of the holiday and DE closing a major bridge/highway in the area. But hold a sec. There was some … Continue reading Struck Who Most
Über Confusing
The Krugman usually never confuses me. The Krugman is the man! That's what I dig about him. I also dig that I can understand most of the stuff he blogs about. You know, economic stuff. Or--maybe not. In fact, it would probably be über-cool to have him as a professor--I bet he's a good teacher. … Continue reading Über Confusing
Best Worst Quote of the Day #2
Let's borrow from the US Constitution, they're not using it. -a Ukrainian journalist and via the Interwebnet
Do Not Enter Taxation
Tommi's, aka worst-writer's, prediction of the day and some lazy, pseudo armchair economics. But first, a question. Being home for a few weeks is both thrilling and daunting. Thrilling because I love it here--even though when I'm here I'm at the beach but all I do is work on Mom's house. It's daunting here because … Continue reading Do Not Enter Taxation
Krapp 2014
The aftermath of recent Supreme rulings starting to trickle in. It cannot be said enough. While American'ts vote their feelings, mostly derived from wingnut pundits and the inalienable right to remain stupid regarding the lies of krapp like reducing taxes or reducing government, etc., the true face of what conservatives have done has never reared … Continue reading Krapp 2014
Work Worth It?
Going on fifteen years without a full-time job. Two reasons for that. 1) Baby Boomer generation proves that it's finally worth it to quit your job to pursue a dream (it's even worth it to fail at that pursuit). 2) Working, or as it should be known, compulsive behaviorism, is financially NOT worth it. Twenty years … Continue reading Work Worth It?
Perpetual Sex Disorder
Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace, How We Got to Be So Hated by Gore Vidal Americans morality has nothing to do with ethics or right action or who ever is stealing what money--and liberties--from whom. Morality is SEX. SEX. SEX. -Gore Vidal in the book mentioned here The island of Mauritius is cool. It's also … Continue reading Perpetual Sex Disorder
Rosemarie Or Rose Marry
Cut down our rosemarry bush today. Well. I didn't cut it down completely. But in the words of the redneck (who I am) and the thoughts of the vulgar (who I should be?) I thoroughly decapitated a mostly dying four square foot colossal rose-merry bush today. We had it growing on the south side of … Continue reading Rosemarie Or Rose Marry
A Life Time It'll Take
Where is the most damage from thirty-plus-years of American't political conservatism? Is it the economy? Is it the federal budget? Is it the middle class? Surprise! Yes to all the above. But here's the thing. All the above could, if the political will (and knowledge) were there, be fixed. Seriously. With the wave of a … Continue reading A Life Time It'll Take
Ethics vs Smarts
The Facebook game has no end. Or does it? Who remembers AOL? Who remembers its demise? If you learn from the demise then you can re-start anew (no matter how many redundancies you make). My worst-guess is the Zuck figured out AOL's demise better than anybody else. Hence Facebook. But to read that Zuck is … Continue reading Ethics vs Smarts
On Facts
The insistence on the primacy of personal opinion regardless of fact destabilizes and destroys the primacy of all fact. -Chris Hedges, American Fascist
My Dotcom Book
As bad as things were at the end of the 20th century, the beginning of the 21st century is obviously worse. But there was some good in the 1990s that's easy to forget. Anyone remember the Dotcom boom? I'm still waiting for the definitive book to be written about why the new-economy was so easily gobbled up by … Continue reading My Dotcom Book
Fail Upward Validity
Only in America, baby. Land of Disney and religious fervor run amok. There is now no way to argue the reality that failing is winning. Proof of this is in recent World Cup loss where US team will advance and, of course, in politics and economics where winning is endless, empty and empirical. Good luck … Continue reading Fail Upward Validity
Book vs Mirror
American Fascist by Chris Hedges After reading numerous Christopher Hitchens books, delving in various online resources featuring his firebrand contrarian POV, I realized something profound when he died. 1) The man scared the beejeezus out of me. 2) Not only is he the smartest and most well-read person I've ever experienced, but I quickly realized that there'll be … Continue reading Book vs Mirror
Afeared Yet
If you thought the war mongering and greed freakshow that is the beginning of the 21st century was scary wait till the reality sets in of who/what your parents really are. Indeed. There is nothing more scary than the infamous Boomer generation. No other generation in human history has taken so much and given so … Continue reading Afeared Yet
Span Lifetime
The span of a lifetime is as short as a goose tale that fell while she was trying to go south when everyone else was going north. She thought.
Beach Dream And Lunger Head
A plate of cooked crabs. Ok. What/Where is the problem with that? The beach was screeching. Two horseshoe crabs were half buried in the foam left by the churning waves. Horseshoe crabs are a freak-show. They have blue blood. Later I turned over the crabs and one was empty of its self, the other looked … Continue reading Beach Dream And Lunger Head
Useless Eaters All But One
Nothing in my useless eating worst-life will amount to an ounce of what Aaron Schwartz did. And that's a good thing. That said. The real sad thing about his demise is that bureaucrats and corporatists will never see how their compulsive behaviorism is at the root of what's wrong with everything. From the lawyers and … Continue reading Useless Eaters All But One
How To Make Change With A Bar Of Gold
Don't know why this interests me. Gold. Worst-Gold. What's the point of gold these days? Seem so backward to think of gold as it once was. You know, that value thing. But that is how the gold-lusters think of it. Right? Sure, it was the catalyst and springboard to the fiat world we traverse today. … Continue reading How To Make Change With A Bar Of Gold
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