Wow!

232. OK, that's at least, not 236.

I've been having a great discussion with a friend about whether humans are destroying the Earth, and should we also destroy the Moon, or not, and thought my latest post (conceited, aren't I?) explained my position ( Read more... )

OK, I'm working on a novel. I'm scoping out the plot, filling in characters, developing character sketches and so on ( Read more... )

Just went to a great seminar by Kathy Aaronson on what to do to get a good job in this tough times. Well worth the time!
Re-energized my job search!

I realized today that much of my defeatist feelings of going after what I wanted was based on my relationship with my brother. He was very jealous of my abilities and was able to play on my parents sympathy and misplaced efforts to either placate his tantrums, or be evenhanded. Their idea of evenhanded required equality - that is, if I had ( Read more... )

Monday sessions ( Read more... )

Don't you trust me?

Absolutely. I trust you to do the best you think you should do in the circumstances,
and to act up to the best of your ability and character.

Oh, OK, then.

Wait. That's unfair!

In the August 30 blog post: "A High Cost to Deal With Climate Shift", Author Tom Zeller reveals the blindness that infects the entire Global Warming crowd. In the second paragraph, he states: "Everything from coastal geography and weather patterns to the global tableau of arable land, such that we’ve come to know and rely on them, will be - indeed ( Read more... )

The basis for a stable economy is simple, legally recognized, government protected real property system. With such a system, investors are assured that risk is minimized, and tracking resources is easy, and the different property rights can be sold, leased or otherwise commercially monetized in hundreds of ways. This makes it easy and advantageous ( Read more... )