Once someone told Thoreau, there’s a new invention, the telegraph, and it allows someone in Maine to talk to someone in Texas almost in real time. Thoreau’s response, ‘what would they have to say to each other.’ Fast forward a short time and you have a society faced with a new psychology. A quote that [...]

Two things that have gotten me in a major down and out mood – Slaves to the almighty dollar — The more and more I read about the stock market, the nastier and nastier it gets. Index funds, fine, but ETF’s, hedge funds, leverage a buck at times 33 to 1. Hence, a fund looses [...]

i’ve been hung up on this important word for some time now — just picked up a book that will hope to shed some light on ……. why do you trust?why do you trust them?who trusts you?why do they trust you?how do you gain trust?how do you become trusted?how do you lose trust?why do you [...]

Tonight a good buddy of mine gave sage comments, ‘You seem to live life for life’s sake, to seek knowlege for the joy of self improvement’ — and yet another comparison to Charlie Brown, the THIRD so far in my life — Could that mean that I always try to kick the football, could it [...]

Signs you’re getting old, and why there isn’t anything wrong with it – When you have 16 nieces and nephews, 2 great nephews, one great niece. It’s great hanging out with the family, listening to the stories by these youngin’s, even though I’m a socially awkward and lack of attention span mess around them. I [...]

As the battle rages on about who and what needs to be done to fix the economy, the root cause has yet again been neglected from the conversation. We’ve lived in a world with too much credit, its been brewing for a long time. My opinion, the two things I look at the see when [...]

These days this is the only taking head I listen to.  History repeats itself, and people get caught up in sensationalism.  I’ve always found it easy to hide behind ‘the sky is falling’ stories.  Many don’t have the attention span to see past tactical day to day manuvers. ‘One upping’ everyone else is so rampent, [...]