Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
take 54
i just ate a whole bag of garlic pita chips. i'm convinced my breath will smell like garlic in the year 2016. it's intense man.
"i sang my balls off for you baby, i worked my fingers to the bone, i closed my eyes to get the high note, but when i woke up i was alone!"- take 54, harry nilsson
i love harry nilsson.
has anyone heard this joke: hey, did you hear? social security is broke! that's the joke. not really funny, but true.
ha. ha.
we finally watched the queen last night. i thought it was a great movie. it definately highlighted how much i do not understand the british monarchy. not because of their actions, or stoic nature towards life and the public in general, but their actual existence. i suppose it adds stability to the political landscape, but what does that stability actually afford? nothing in the way of state decisions or policy-making. the queen/king might be consulted or informed of agendas or party ideology, but at the end of the day, the queen/king cannot institute or enforce policy. i've, obviously, never lived under a monarchy, figurehead or otherwise, so my relationship to one is based on observance of others. we no longer believe the queen/king represents a chosen figure by God. their families are not ordaned by prophecy or memento to lead absolutely. they were the best at the consolidation of power. they used aggression and the wealth of their times to keep their power. nothing more, nothing less. and good for them. but to stand and ask me to bow to a woman/man of this earth and hold them in such high regard is ludicrous. the monarchy seems to me nothing more than a tourist attraction. it's a soap opera. and when all the lights are turned on, the british monarchy actually costs the citizens of britain about $40 million pounds. maybe more is taken in from tourists, but i cannot find those numbers. the bubble that exists for the life of the royals seems to have been punctured by the constant glare of their uselessness. i wonder if i will see the end of the british monarchy in my lifetime. it seems i probably will.
"i sang my balls off for you baby, i worked my fingers to the bone, i closed my eyes to get the high note, but when i woke up i was alone!"- take 54, harry nilsson
i love harry nilsson.
has anyone heard this joke: hey, did you hear? social security is broke! that's the joke. not really funny, but true.
ha. ha.
we finally watched the queen last night. i thought it was a great movie. it definately highlighted how much i do not understand the british monarchy. not because of their actions, or stoic nature towards life and the public in general, but their actual existence. i suppose it adds stability to the political landscape, but what does that stability actually afford? nothing in the way of state decisions or policy-making. the queen/king might be consulted or informed of agendas or party ideology, but at the end of the day, the queen/king cannot institute or enforce policy. i've, obviously, never lived under a monarchy, figurehead or otherwise, so my relationship to one is based on observance of others. we no longer believe the queen/king represents a chosen figure by God. their families are not ordaned by prophecy or memento to lead absolutely. they were the best at the consolidation of power. they used aggression and the wealth of their times to keep their power. nothing more, nothing less. and good for them. but to stand and ask me to bow to a woman/man of this earth and hold them in such high regard is ludicrous. the monarchy seems to me nothing more than a tourist attraction. it's a soap opera. and when all the lights are turned on, the british monarchy actually costs the citizens of britain about $40 million pounds. maybe more is taken in from tourists, but i cannot find those numbers. the bubble that exists for the life of the royals seems to have been punctured by the constant glare of their uselessness. i wonder if i will see the end of the british monarchy in my lifetime. it seems i probably will.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
burning down the house
the market is way up today. it's also raining and i just ate something really weird tasting chicken. not from the chicken restaurant where the chicken wants to beat me up or i want to beat it up. not that one. just normal chicken. i made it. it's gross.
with the economic downturn comes horrible consequences for us all. but one consequence that actually benefitted us was lower gas prices. remember when gas was almost $4.00 a gallon? that's coming again soon, but here's some explanation on why that happened.
there are new rules being/about to be put in place regarding mark-to-market accounting. this is a big deal in the way that banks/financial institutions value their assets. here's what's happening.
i ran across an article listing the top ten ideas changing the world. normally i would read it and roll my eyes at the obviousness of the things on the list. this list, however, is quite intriguing.
there's a new cigarette tax in place. cigarettes are currently more expensive than toilet paper and diet soda. i'm sticking with the latter.
how tarnished is america in regards to the collapse of our economy? krugman has a nice article on the topic.
brian mctaggert, from the chronicle, and i have been going back and forth about the yankees. there is no way, no way, no way, the yankees are winning the world series. it ain't gonna happen.
with the economic downturn comes horrible consequences for us all. but one consequence that actually benefitted us was lower gas prices. remember when gas was almost $4.00 a gallon? that's coming again soon, but here's some explanation on why that happened.
there are new rules being/about to be put in place regarding mark-to-market accounting. this is a big deal in the way that banks/financial institutions value their assets. here's what's happening.
i ran across an article listing the top ten ideas changing the world. normally i would read it and roll my eyes at the obviousness of the things on the list. this list, however, is quite intriguing.
there's a new cigarette tax in place. cigarettes are currently more expensive than toilet paper and diet soda. i'm sticking with the latter.
how tarnished is america in regards to the collapse of our economy? krugman has a nice article on the topic.
brian mctaggert, from the chronicle, and i have been going back and forth about the yankees. there is no way, no way, no way, the yankees are winning the world series. it ain't gonna happen.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
back at the chicken shack
so there's this chicken on 290 and W. 34th street that stands outside this new chicken restaurant and tries to get customers who are driving by to stop and go to the chicken restaurant. this chicken is pretty tall, probably about my height and it kept doing this hand motion while i was sitting there, like a motion to move over and come and eat some chicken. then, the chicken looked right at me and made some weird motion with it's hand that was like telling me to eat it. i started laughing and shrugged my shoulders, saying, i don't know what you're saying, you're a chicken. but it did it again and walked away in a strange chicken walk. it was surreal. i kept picturing the chicken from family guy who fights peter. i thought about getting out of my car and fighting the chicken, but i don't know that i would be able to stop laughing enough to fight it.
unstructured finance says break up the banks.
did obama pull a "reagan?"
hussman funds discusses the urgency of abandoning the purchase of toxic assets.
rush limbaugh is casting a large shadow over the republican party. avoid the pun in the road.
war pigs- the cost of a global empire.
amazing shots from earth hour 2009.
avclub has 25 great albums best played start to finish.
unstructured finance says break up the banks.
did obama pull a "reagan?"
hussman funds discusses the urgency of abandoning the purchase of toxic assets.
rush limbaugh is casting a large shadow over the republican party. avoid the pun in the road.
war pigs- the cost of a global empire.
amazing shots from earth hour 2009.
avclub has 25 great albums best played start to finish.
Monday, March 30, 2009
spin the black circle
how was the weekend? mine was quick. and monday is starting off with a bang.
did anyone else ever get the feeling the last fifteen years that there was just too much? too much of everything? too much excess? too much indulgence? i didn't feel it when i was younger because i was more worried about getting laid. but after that, there was just always this lingering feeling of too much. i know this economic downturn is horrible for people out there. some people have lost their jobs and are having to make great sacrifices. i understand and i feel for them. but with every horrible event, there has to be something learned. and i think we as a country should learn something from the last fifteen years, which is, we don't need so much shit. our place in the world is not a given right, we have to work for it and yes, sometimes put off instant pleasures. our wallets got bigger, but so did our waistlines, so did our indulgences and with that self-restraint and patience was lost. and i read this article the other day and it's stuck with me: the end of excess. and while i think it's too early to call this thing, i hope we're learning about ourselves in the process.
krugman is now a celebrity economist. here he is on the cover of newsweek.
i preach the stylings of warren buffet on this blog. my man didn't have a good couple of years. the buffet way is under attack.
wow, just looked at the market: it's tanking.
GM ceo is out. and it's about time.
did anyone else ever get the feeling the last fifteen years that there was just too much? too much of everything? too much excess? too much indulgence? i didn't feel it when i was younger because i was more worried about getting laid. but after that, there was just always this lingering feeling of too much. i know this economic downturn is horrible for people out there. some people have lost their jobs and are having to make great sacrifices. i understand and i feel for them. but with every horrible event, there has to be something learned. and i think we as a country should learn something from the last fifteen years, which is, we don't need so much shit. our place in the world is not a given right, we have to work for it and yes, sometimes put off instant pleasures. our wallets got bigger, but so did our waistlines, so did our indulgences and with that self-restraint and patience was lost. and i read this article the other day and it's stuck with me: the end of excess. and while i think it's too early to call this thing, i hope we're learning about ourselves in the process.
krugman is now a celebrity economist. here he is on the cover of newsweek.
i preach the stylings of warren buffet on this blog. my man didn't have a good couple of years. the buffet way is under attack.
wow, just looked at the market: it's tanking.
GM ceo is out. and it's about time.
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