Colbert is here in Baghdad this week, putting on some insane shows, giving away coveted army coins with the slogan ‘heads we win, tales we win’ — The show goes on in front of a palace. Many would say this constitutes an ‘America F*ck Yea’ attitude as per Team America World Police. All pretty gutsy. [...]
back to harping on the ‘when you’re a hammer, all you see is nails’ routine — back home this is most prevalent in the bar scene. once i went out with a dental crew, i’m sitting in the corner talking to a lady about life while everyone is jammin’ to the window to the wall [...]
its funny watching the ‘foreigners’ here pick up American military tradition, especially at the chow hall when the individual slinging rice on your plate says ‘here you go SIR’ with potency. prevailing currents of weather are interesting here, today was hot, but a relatively cool circular breeze was blowing. times get long, i just have [...]
today i began thinking about careers, and the relevance people put in them, and how they so much strive to be like the person or position above them, beside them, beyond them, and they let it dictate how they live their lives. baseball players who can hit the curve ball out of the park get [...]
Thinking about the conflict in the middle east, I see two distinct tactics unfolding – Two bullies back in middle school get in a fight, 1 — they fight, beating each other up while everyone else is going ‘woah’, brutal, blah blah — sometimes a whole brawl ensues, a free for all so to speak. [...]
At some point man invented the clock, driving a wedge between himself and god / nature. Mathamatics led to currency lead to traders led to banks led to economics led to leverage, growth being the bottom line. What happens when the market reaches 14k again, what about 28k — It reminds me of something I [...]