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yikes
I have a few rules about conversations, and those rules cause more than a few people problems. Almost exclusively those people are attempting to discuss politics. Otherwise, it's religion. It's invariably something social ( Read more... ) -
I'm still aroond and aboot.
I'd a nice long post written, but then a mystery keystroke reloaded the page. And then the post was gone.
This has happened too often lately. Maybe LJ is trying to send me a message. -
After the episode after last week's...
... my views are still mixed.
I'm not going into it today or probably even tomorrow. Time to digest and mull is required. -
the answer (a memory)
Some years ago I was engaged in questioning and fact-finding about a series of highly unusual budget matters and administrative actions at my alma mater. This was back when I gave a damn about the place. The university president had hired a professional lobbyist, last name Trawick, to camp down in the state capitol to make deals for the college and ( Read more... ) -
human nature, money, and something for nothing
The very idea that "nobody could have foreseen" the recent U.S. economic collapse is galling. I did, and I said so back in 1998. I had worked in the mortgage business, albeit unsuccessfully, in the mid '90s. It was at the time when sub-prime mortgages were a laughing stock, openly dismissed and ridiculed by serious financial professionals and ( Read more... ) -
I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
When ideals become institutionalized
the importance is then placed upon the institution, not the ideals. Worse yet, the importance is soon placed on individuals or groups/parties of power in the institution. The institution becomes a mechanism of rule, and the ideals are twisted, subverted to suit the ruling agenda or simply reduced to near- ( Read more... ) -
a Twitter entry
21st century tech has broadened, eased communication, but somewhere along the way many people abandoned actual communication skills.
