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Multi-point plan
I think that these steps violate some parts of the US Constitution, and it wouldn't be possible to do these with Hawaii as a state, but they're not all that politically feasible anyway, so, whatever ( Read more... ) -
Kauai
I've been on Kauai for a few weeks, and decided that though it's not undiscovered, it could use some work, and has lots of natural resources, I think ( Read more... ) -
I'm basically a Ph.D. now...th
And that's a pretty weird feeling. It would probably be awesome to write up a little post mortem on the defense and all that, but I don't think it's terribly likely I'll do so. Sad.
Anyway, I posted here after reading this excellent article by Paul Krugman.
A spending freeze? That’s the brilliant response of the Obama team to their first ( Read more... ) -
New year...
I'm eyes-deep in thesis-writing, but I feel like there should be some kind of new years post. I'll make a quickie.
This year I accomplished the following things:- Got engaged
- Bought a piece of land for cash - a little lot out in Lago Vista that we scored at a great price
- Accumulated "wealth" in the form of a tiny bit of gold, and a good deal more ( Read more... )
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My three-point economic plan
So I was thinking and discussing with first James, then Ira a few days later, what's wrong with the economy and how to fix it. I've always been a unthinking, I guess, proponent of free trade, because that's obvious economics. Free trade is good because the bigger your market, the lower-cost all the goods are, and being able to produce goods in ( Read more... ) -
Bank of America can fuck right off.
wow. bank of america just decided to add another "spike for your pleasure" to the cock they want to slam in your ass. they "took my mortgage offline" or something so i couldn't access it from the 13th to the 16th. so i'm like, whatever, log in to pay it just now (it's now late, but since my mortgage was offline i was going to see what I could do ( Read more... ) -
Trick or treat
No news is good news, as I always tell my parents. Life is awesome ( Read more... ) -
Cotton Patch Challenge
I was in the group that wound up winning the race, and can tell you what happened there. I'd been near the back of the pack and me and Brad (the guy who wound up winning it outright) had been right in front of me. On a long straight road, all of the sudden there was the sickening sound of bikes crashing, so I start looking at how to avoid it. I see ( Read more... ) -
Support the ballet
So Ira and I decided to go to this party put on by Ballet Austin called Fete*ish. It was the "accompanying" party to their big black-tie event of the year and was supposed to be all kinds of great words. Well, in practice, it was held at the Austonian, which, if you live it Austin, you know it's a construction site. Whole floors not even begun ( Read more... ) -
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.