Ok, let’s start with the economy. These figures are from <http://www.usdebtclock.org/> which roughly correspond to other sources I’ve seen so I’ll use them.

Our GDP is currently somewhere at around 14.5 Trillion dollars. that means the US produces that much money annually. It’s basically a measure of how much money America has made this year. Now ( Read more... )

So at the card shop we had an interesting discussion. Feel free to join in as you wish.

My friend Brian believes in a wealth cap. He would like to cap private wealth at around $450,000,000, meaning that once you have amassed that much wealth, you would be relieved of the rest through taxation or other means. You have any number of options available ( Read more... )

Slowly I’m getting more organized. I’ve found myself with so many minor side projects lately that I am quite behind on everything. So I’ve come up with a nice and simple solution. Scheduling.

Yes, the time honored tradition of taking blocks of your time and dedicating them has been determined to be the most effective measure. It’s a bit trite I ( Read more... )

There is something to be said for selfishness.

I plan on going over this in more detail, but I’ll start off by saying that most people who are widely considered to be selfish are merely short sighted. Those who are truly selfish and self serving are the generous ones.

Let me rewind a bit and explain my somewhat counterintuitive position:

First off ( Read more... )

So, here I am. All ready to begin posting up a storm. Plenty of time now, and even plenty to write about. What could be the problem you ask? Why haven’t I unleashed a deluge of posts?

Because I have the attention span of a hyperactive gnat.

Turns out the day after I wrote my last post I found a chatroom. Now I have my own chatroom that no one is ( Read more... )

As I pointed out in the last thing I wrote. I am fat. While I’l slightly above average height, I’m quite a bit above average weight, and while I’m not quite at a quarter ton, I am certainly in the obese range (according to wii fit anyway).

A thing I have encountered is that people, in general, dislike fat people. Yet, most people, when they meet me ( Read more... )

I am a gamer.

I have been playing games most of my life. Some of my earliest childhood memories involve games. The Game of Life inspired me to learn how to read (My dad was sick of reading things to me and refused to play whenever I wanted until I learned to do it myself). Games even taught me how to read. The Talking Teacher taught me spelling and ( Read more... )

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While I still read everyone's LJ I come across, my blog has been moved to http://www.gunnerrpg.com/blog this entry can be found at http://www.gunnerrpg.com/blog/?p=1124

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