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Read this right now.
This is as good an analysis of what is really going on in the financial sector - what transactions really mean - as I have ever seen.
Pull quote:
If you don't start thinking about finance in this way--don't start by classifying those who trade into savers, borrowers, risk-bearers, risk-shedders, principals, agents, gamblers, and marks--you do not ( Read more... ) -
OMG.
I'm going to get a Raspberry Pi computer and I'm going to put Dwarf Fortress on it. You'll be able to take it with you on trips and plug it into the hotel room teeeveeeee!!! -
Electricity.
I like it better when it's on. 75 hours without! At least the weather was nice.
My yard looks like shit. -
Vancouver!
I'm here for the ICIAM conference this week. It's a really nice city and with a completely impressive airport and a lot of other stuff too ( Read more... ) -
OK.
So assuming there's going to be more bullshit with the Republicans trying to crash the economy into the rocks, this time with a possible USG debt default because raising any taxes on anyone (to omg the horrible socialistic Clinton levels) is just out of line ( Read more... ) -
Portland!
I'm going to Portland on Wednesday and staying until Monday.
I'm looking forward to it; been in a positively terrible mood lately. -
Garden!
Here's this week. The four pound kohlrabi is the star, but there's also a very nice looking tobacco plant.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3fmtsgd
Too bad I don't like nicotine... -
Riding.
Today, work round trip ( Read more... ) -
Radishes
At least my radishes worked out. They're already full sized and ready to lift and they're better than any I've ever grown before.
Surprising in a way since I never had much success with radishes before.
I'm really behind on mowing and weeding, and it looks to be rainy this coming weekend too. And my weedwacker broke....