16 Nov
Mother on Fire

I have loved Sandra Tsing Loh since I first heard her on This American Life. Her essay, “Bad Sex with Bud Kemp” is a classic. Loh describes her friendship with the kindly Bud, how they knew each other in college and how they stayed friends. Other members of their clique drifted away but [...]
09 Nov
Reading “Rising Tide”

I just finished reading Rising Tide by John M. Barry. It tells the story of the Mississippi Flood of 1927. Despite having traveled a fair amount over this country of ours, I never thought much about the enormity of the Mississippi River before reading this book. The Mississippi River Basin stretches from [...]
02 Oct
I Got The Horse Right Here…

Entire post lifted from European Tribune
…Analogies are never perfect, but here’s one using horse racing. Don’t expect a perfect correspondence to the banking situation, but I think it is close enough for government work.
Joe goes to the track and bets $2 on a horse.
Two guys standing nearby get into a discussion and Fred says to [...]
30 Sep
Bailout the Tulip Market!!!

“…The mania finally ended, Mackay says, with individuals stuck with the bulbs they held at the end of the crash—no court would enforce payment of a contract, since judges regarded the debts as contracted through gambling, and thus not enforceable by law.” Wikipedia’s Featured Article for today.
Very funny, folks.
26 Sep
What I Did in College

Lyrics to sing along here.
11 Sep
Artemis Graduates

Artemis has graduated to the big slide.
28 Aug
I tear up when I watch this

This is the best video ever. If you have been surfing around for the past two months you have probably already seen it. I am sure you will want to see it again, because after all, it is the best video ever.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
It makes [...]