it's more fun to compute

here's some weekend reading for everyone:

federal reserve history.

bretton woods system.

fractional-reserve banking.

gold standard.

fiat money.

triffin paradox.

have a happy easter holiday.

working week

is anyone else working today?

what the hell....

complicated shadows

i drove up on the curb today doing like 50 mph. it was the coolest thing ever.

remember i mentioned black swans earlier? here's how to avoid them (even though by definition you can't).

listening to the new leatherbag ep. i'm always really grateful when randy sends me his music. i appreciate him thinking enough of me to do that. it's great and i'm really excited for the guy. he's for real.

if you're a fan of these ten tv shows, might start finding something else to do. they might disappear.

the new legs against arms ep will be called come on let's disappear. i like it. can't wait to hear the final version. these guys have been together barely more than a year and they sound like seasoned vets live. can't wait to hear the studio magik.

pidgin english

went to the astros game last night. we won in 10 innings. totally great outcome. i almost got into a fight with a dude who was yelling at us for standing in the ninth inning with jose valverde on the mound. apparently it's against the rules to stand at a baseball game. so i had to lay down the law for the dude. he totally backed down. pathetic actually.

i'm not really finding any good articles lately.

so here's a list of stuff in my car:

1. box of tissues
2. three bottles of water, empty
3. cds
4. peanuts
5. lint roller
6. two reusable grocery bags
7. three wool hats (it's not winter anymore, those need to go)
8. workout gloves
9. stamps
10. fiber bars (stay away from these, mess you up)
11. more cds
12. gum
13. two tennis rackets
14. spare tire

that's it. there's also loose change, a battery and several rodents. that's not true. i collected the loose change.

but i did forget i have a gallery furniture football. seriously, they're going all the way this year.

let us down easy

on sunday, i rode 40 miles in the space race. the race was not held in space, blatant false advertising, but it was nice anyway. i wiped out about 10 miles before the end. i was taking this corner too fast and became fixated on this pebble/rock. i knew if i hit it, i was done. so i was trying to avoid it, but in the mean time i wasn't slowing down. so i tried to slow down at the last second and didn't get my hands there in time and just wiped out and landed on my left hip. it was easily the coolest thing that happened all day. my hip is a little bruised and i have some scrapes on my left leg, but it worth it.

the astros opened the season last night and lost to the cubs. i'm still sticking with a fourth place finish for this team. it's going to be a long year.

my one year anniversary is coming up next week, april 19th. can't believe it's already been one year. they say the first year of marriage is the toughest. or maybe it's the last year. but either way, the first year was difficult in some regards. marriage has to be a coming together of two people. if those two people try to remain too independent and never meet the other person in the middle, it won't work. you have to sacrifice some things. but it's easier if you're sacrificing things that makes the other person happy. and that's really the end result you want anyway. i've learned a lot about myself, some things good and some i'm not proud of and i'm determined to change. but i'm lucky that i have a partner who listens to me and actually tries to make herself and our marriage better and accepts me for who i am. she will not let us fail and i love her dearly for that. i'm very lucky. so here's to year number two coming up. i can't wait.