It was recently brought to the periphery of my consciousness that some old fuck named Pat Robertson said some shit about the earthquake in Haiti. That is the extent of my knowledge, and I refuse to investigate further because doing so would be a bigger waste of time and probably less funny that reading tweets [...]
In December 2009, I had a chance encounter with a local that was putting together a protest against a local payday loan outfit. Due to the fact that I believe that the modern day loan shark, along with “tax preparers” that juice you with fees and interest on your tax refund, is among the lowest [...]
In an effort to better understand life and everything it can throw at you, a good place to start is at the conclusion that Glenn Beck is total bullshit. I don’t know any other way to say it. This man, with his jingo-jango books, radio and television shows, has had 2009 on lock down in [...]
Since I have made some changes in my personal life, I have had several surprising interactions with people that I know. The source of this surprise seems to have been the veil of politeness on their parts along with my own veils blocking out what did not fit with my world. Everyone around me had [...]
There are certain times of year that I am willing to set aside my holier-than-thou attitude toward the masses and just have fun. One of those times is Halloween. I love it. People get to dress up either weirder, sluttier or scarier than they usually do, and it is social acceptable. This year for Halloween [...]
Are we in the beginning of the economic recovery from the recession? If you look at economic data, it seems like things are getting less worse than they were earlier in the year. Recent GDP numbers show that economic contraction has slowed to -1.1% in the second quarter of the year from -6.4% in the [...]
What do you get when you combine a police officer, a bitter old harvard professor and a racist neighbor?
National news.
It shouldn’t be funny, because people around the country (now including me) are talking about it. There are serious problems with our place here in the universe people. I do not think that the event is [...]
Since September of last year I have spent a lot of time (like many others who had not previously) reading and learning about finance and the economy. I am not sure if I am any smarter for it all, I am perhaps a little dumber than I was when I started it all off.
One thing [...]
I have nothing against days off from work. I just want to get that out there for everyone. I do have an increasing problem with government-sanctioned holidays that are used to reinforce Americans’ faith in the ambiguous notion of the government of the United States.
I say ambiguous because I think that notion is the only [...]
So I have this cunundrum… I enjoy writing about events past, present and future which I find interesting. But, I have two problems with the idea of using my expression to influence others.
Number One
I interact with mainstream Americans every day. In their eyes, there is no emergency and life is fairly simple. Most people just [...]
