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the grass is green. and long, too.
When I worked on the CBOE (seems so long ago, but I guess it hasn't even been ten years yet) I was friends with John Kark. He was one of my people in the pit, a great, happy, smart teammate. John has had Cancer as long as I have known him. Facebook just reconnected us, and he sent out a missive to all his friends there. With his permission, I am ( Read more... ) -
one step at a time...
A concern in a slippery slope situation is that during/after the first step or three down the slope, no danger is easily perceived. You aren't sliding, yet. Our forefathers on the other side of the Atlantic have been taking steps that may, if we aren't careful, put our entire justice system at risk, pushing us all down into a more barbaric state ( Read more... ) -
nother one bites the dust.
Another option trader friend of mine just died. The first one I wrote about here was Howard Ring, he was a friend and colleague, a backgammon champ, a very smart, math-oriented genius. And a really nice guy, to boot. The second one I wrote about here was Steve Fossett, not as much a friend as friendly opponent, he was a gamesman also. The friend ( Read more... ) -
running towards the Veldt
When I was five or six years old, I read Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story, the Veldt. (Read here for the wiki entry.) (Additionally, two links back is the actual story itself, apparently transcribed into digital print by someone in Russia who is also a fan. I dislike linking to this potential copyright violation, but the story was first printed 60 ( Read more... ) -
a few minor revisions
I have promised to show why I think Nixon was the worst modern president, but I am not going to do it here. In part, because few of you care, in part because the project is too long to keep promising and I want to do it slowly, and in part because there is a better place to do it. So, go there if you care.....But now, all this research into Nixon's ( Read more... ) -
current
I've been thinking a lot lately about the Richard Nixon entry I promised to make, but seriously, it is too bleak and ugly (and not done yet) so now for something completely different.
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stalinesque
Last post, I worried about Facebook. This post I'll (hopefully) elucidate why.
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they can see clearly now.
I just joined facebook ( Read more... ) -
testify too
I enjoyed the responses to the last post a great deal, very thoughtful. Thank you! I'll respond to some of them, and add my own reply, in the near future. But I didn't want to affect this thread. I'll reply last in this thread too, pretty much.
2) Justify Mankind's existence.
Same rules as last time (meaning, no rules).
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testify
Justify your existence.
(Answer in any sense you wish, whatever floats your boat. Thanks!)