There's no real market anymore. There's only futures. The price of oil goes up these days despite weak demand and no disruptions in supply. We all pay more because traders 'speculate' that disruptions/increased demand might happen in the future, so they buy the commodity. It doesn't matter though if these things actually happen, all that matters is ( Read more... )

Is Education the next bubble? Tuition's increasing to obscene levels as more and more people are convinced it's a good idea to get an education. It's part of 'the American Dream' that used to include home ownership. Just as home prices inflated beyond the reach of the demand that was created for them, so is the price of an education. During the ( Read more... )

I submitted my application for Graduate School today, the Ides...and I can see the rough equation to the death of empire ( Read more... )

"There is no rest, really, there is no rest, there is just a joyous torment all your life of doing the wrong thing."--Derek Walcott ( Read more... )

I tried to channel my deceased father through google talk. He's been active all day. No response yet. I imagine he must be busy.

sometimes driving cab in nyc will make a person want to eat their knuckles, and i don't like having to decide between the occasional $50 redlight photo-citation and some uncountable expanse of hustle money lost because i have to cautiously slink up to every yellow light.

to taste a little freedom is not an easy ride. no matter what you do.

after a bottle of south african red wine... i'm hysterical on the bed listening to live tapes of the velvet underground---on the verge of tears --- heroin, some kinda love, over you....catharsis...night...sharpie scribbles----i'm wiggling in my spot--- tomorrow night i'll share this space with my brown-eyed baby,... i miss her--- i miss my father- ( Read more... )

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