Hey. I bought a scooter. it's a Kymco, People 150. :) One of these days (yeah, right) I'm going to post a picture or video of me and/or the scooter. I swear ( Read more... )

geez. I already feel stupid about what I just posted. I think the possibility of having an audience doesn't work for me. Maybe I'll try it again next year.

I've been nudged. Hi ( Read more... )

Something has been bothering me for a while... about the argument for free-enterprise vs. government doing the work, for the government. that is; anything the government does requires at least some small amount of work (and usually money) to make it happen. Much of that work can be "outsourced" to private industry. A lot of people really like ( Read more... )

Is anybody else really irritated about Hillary crying during a speech? I couldn't believe it. What's even more unbelievable to me is that it somehow was received favorably. huh? I don't get it. When I heard the clip it sounded an awful lot like she was upset about not winning in Iowa... that she was saying "come on guys! why didn't you vote ( Read more... )

the books I've been reading lately are making me feel like I have a pretty good layman's understanding of modern economics. I am fascinated.

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  The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics, by Eric Beinhocker
  
  I loved this book. It has a good, understandable explanation of the modern understanding of ( Read more... )

I believe I'm going to be in Seattle over the holidays. Not sure when, exactly... but the rough idea is 14th through the 2nd. Anyone want to have a cup o' coffee while I'm in town?

My gallbladder was removed about two weeks ago. Are you surprised? I sure was, and still am. that was a real left-fielder ( Read more... )

haha. I loved reading this. Some great bits:
"My brain exploded with the implications and the beauty of the thing," he tells New Scientist. "I thought: 'Holy crap, that's it!'"

and...
So far, all the interactions predicted by the complex geometrical relationships inside E8 match with observations in the real world. "How cool is that?" he says.
he ( Read more... )

a meme I want to watch: put on some roller skates and put yourself in front of a camera, and introduce yourself. that's it. the rest is up to you. (btw, is it still "cool" to use the word: meme? I've been out of it, as you know.)