I have been sick for a good long while now, some where over a month. I think I cleaned my sinuses with water that was treated, but unpurified which started an infection. Initially I thought it was an allergy attack, but some where around week 2.5 after two visits to the doctors here I gave … Read more
I also know that all of this is an irrational feeling, one that is based on our irrational programming.
When it comes to rational verse irrational, irrational generally wins, and that’s why you have markets that panic and cause devastation. That’s why people irrationally do things (like save money) when the best thing for our market is to spend money. (Assuming that our market is sustainable and sensible, which I won’t stipulate.)
I’m wacked out on over the counter drugs and prescriptions for yet another sinus infection that’s been lingering for the last 2 weeks. I’m home this weekend, trying to take it easy, listening to my heart beat, trying to distract myself from the pain in my head. What does one do during such a time? … Read more
I just read both the NY Times and Washington Post reporting on the weekend’s big Wall Street story, and–espeically after reading this story in the Times about The Heart of the Problem— I find myself remembering This American Life episode on the “Giant Pool of Money” which is floating around the internet and is by … Read more
My housemates an I were enjoying another spontaneous dinner gathering–one never knows what percentage of 8 people plus signfigant others might show up–and with the Washington Post strewn about our table as normal, I asked what they thought of the current Tibet situation. What resulted was an interesting half-in-hour conversation that brings home the reason … Read more
I’m on a plane heading to Seattle and on to Anchorage where I met a fascinating Foreign Service officer who is flying home to say goodbye to his grandmother before she passes on. We had a fascinating discussion on mostly economic related topics, but relating them to issues such as Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the presidential … Read more